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What is the difference between a lager and an IPA?
The main difference is the yeast, Ale is brewed with a top fermenting yeast s.cerevisiae[1] whereas Lager is brewed with a bottom fermenting yeast s.pastorianus[2]. From this comes the fermentation ...
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Lager vs Ale a comparison
Yes, this is incorrect.
You are actually conflating a couple of things, which can be all used in combination, and all of these combinations can be true. These are flavor, fermentation and time to ...
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What is the difference between a lager and an IPA?
In addition to Mr_Roads answer.
Lager yeast is unique from ale yeast in that it can breakdown and use melibiose, which is a sugar not fermentable by ale yeasts. This is one reason lagers are ...
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How do lager kits let you brew at room temperature?
There are kits with call themselves "lager" kits, but if you make them with the yeast provided and at the temperatures suggested, they will not produce a true lager beer. The beer they produce might ...
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What is the difference between a lager and an IPA?
Simply put, there are two overarching umbrellas in beer... ales and lagers. An IPA is an ale. GENERALLY speaking all beers fit under one of these two umbrellas. Once under one of these umbrellas the ...
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Brewing Low ABV Lager
Many websites can provide recipes. Take a look at some other posts like :
Recipe websites catering to beginners?
But since you already have a recipe, you just need to lower the ABV a little, take ...
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Does lagering reduce yeast so much that bottle carbonation is effected?
Usually its fine. There's plenty of yeast around for carbonate, but it will take longer. You should still be bottle conditioning at 60-70F to get the carbonation to happen.
If you lager a beer for ...
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Bottle Conditioning Lager with Priming Sugar and/or Yeast
Yes, priming sugar is usually added to the carboy or bottling bucket just prior to bottling for ease. However there are "carbonation drops" you can alternately add to each bottle. These are just sugar....
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What happens if I ferment a lager at room temperature?
In general, fermenting lager yeast at room temperatures would result in off flavors due to esters, diacetyl, and other components. The "California Common" is an exception to this, and the standard ...
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Why doesn't the Brulosopher Quick Lager Method produce esters and other off flavors?
Given their additional experiments of testing lagers fermented entirely at warmer temperatures, it would seem the answer is because the lager yeasts being used simply do not produce estery flavors or ...
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Considerations for temperature control of a freezer?
Yes, if you switch your freezer on and off in quick succession the compressor gives up the ghost and you have a box that can actually turn into a semi-oven.
Good news! thermostats like the STC-1000 ...
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Can I lager in bottles?
Thanks Staros, for the link...But I think www.homebrewing.org answered it pretty well.
Lagering - Chapter 3: Advanced Tips
Bottling A Lagered Beer
If you're planning on bottling your lager, ...
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Can I lager in bottles?
Lagering is done un-carbonated. The beer is left to clear in a cold (close to 0C/32F) room for a few months.
So, no, you can't lager a carbonated beer in bottles.
BUT: you can bottle condition, and ...
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Can I lager in bottles?
Here's a quote from homebrewing.org...
There are two important processes at work when a beer is in long-term cold-storage:
Precipitation: Take a certain amount of liquid, warm it up, and you can ...
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Lager got warmed when doing secondary fermentation
You should be fine. The results are really to lager strain dependent. That said, I have made several lagers that were great and ready to drink without a true lager phase. (Not to say they didn't ...
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When Lagering outdoors
Absolutely!
I've got a shed behind my house which I call "the lagering shed". You should know the range of temperatures which are likely to occur, and keep an eye on your beer. I live in south-...
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Lager still smelling like apples after 2 weeks fermenting
The smell of apples is totally normal in beer fermentation. The chemical compound acetaldehyde gives the characteristic green-apple flavor and aroma. It's an intermediate in the synthesis of ethanol ...
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No fermentation after 3 weeks
First, I strongly agree with the comments made in this thread. Triple-check your gravity readings, and test against water (should report 1). Many (most?) hydrometers are calibrated for 16 C, so you'll ...
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What happens if I ferment a lager at room temperature?
Most lagers need to ferment below 55°F during growth phase to reduce esters and fusel alcohols.
Diacetyl Rest Towards the end of the feeding phase (last couple days of primary) the temperature is ...
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Does lagering reduce yeast so much that bottle carbonation is effected?
It's possible much of the yeast dropped out and thier wasn't enough in suspension.
Generally if you bottle condition you accept there will be a yeasty ounce of beer in the bottle.
That being said ...
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Can I lager in bottles?
Lager and lagering are two seperate things. One is a beer type, and the other is a process. Of course you can lager in bottles! Lagering just means extended cold-conditioning. All lagers and some ales ...
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How can I brew lager at room temperature?
Perhaps, but I don't know how.
If you reduce the amount of yeast, you'll only create more off-flavors as the now-stressed yeast need to use all their metabolic reserves up in reproduction, rather ...
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How do lager kits let you brew at room temperature?
Check this out-
The author brews two identical batches using a true lager yeast (Saflager 34/70) but ferments one at a "lager" temp of 50˚F/10˚C and the other up at 70˚F/21˚C. He then runs a taste ...
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Lager vs Ale a comparison
Lagers and Ales are called such because of the yeast species are different.
Lager yeast : Saccharomyces pastorianus
Ale yeast: Saccharomyces cerevisiae
The main difference between the species is ...
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Can I make a "lager" with ale yeast?
To the purist, a lager should be brewed with a S. Pastorianus strain of yeast and an ale with S. Cerevisiae strain of yeast. The former ("lager yeast") works at far lower temperatures than the latter "...
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What style of beer is Carling Black Label
This beer goes WAY back and has distant roots in Sweden. There are probably differences depending on where you source it from. Carling in the USA is actually owned by Molsen Coors.
The beer can be ...
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Own recipe, any hints or tweaks?
Which water will you use? Since this is a lager beer, it should not contain too much minerals.
With regards to the polenta and the rice flour, they should best be boiled first, so that they gelatinize....
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Decoction Weyermann Bohemian Pilsner vs Malte Pilsen Floor Bohemian
You can decoct with modern malts such as the standard Weyermann Bohemian Pilsner malt. Just expect your efficiency and your attenuation to be very high, both with percentages in mid to upper 80s.
The ...
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How do lager kits let you brew at room temperature?
The reason they say to ferment at that range is because it's within reach of the typical homebrewer without any additional equipment. The kit producers can then sell to the widest possible audience.
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How do lager kits let you brew at room temperature?
20-25°C, 68-77°F are Ale temps, Lagers ferment at 55°F or below. Above 72°F is usually only a few styles of Ales.
There is a short time called a Diacetyl Rest where your Lager fermentation ...
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