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  1. TomFromEnfield

    Saison got too hot - at what temp does the yeast die off?

    Just to follow up in case this helps anyone else. I did pitch another packed of Belle Saison, I did that straight into the fermenter without building a starter. Nothing happened and the gravity didn't shift. So I boiled a little sugar in water, cooled that and added it to the fermenter to check...
  2. TomFromEnfield

    Do you think it's infected???

    It tastes fine currently so I'm very willing to drink it! Just a little concerned about over-carbonation if I bottle now. I'm wondering whether to wait to bottle and if so for how long. I'll bleach the FV and anything else it touches once I've got it out of there.
  3. TomFromEnfield

    Do you think it's infected???

    I finally got my first infection!! All-grain IPA brewed 10/05/2020 Original gravity 1.075 Current gravity 1.019 Crossmyloof US Pale Ale yeast (attenuation 72-82%) fermented around 19C. So I dry-hopped this yesterday opened the fermenter and found a thin white pellicle across the top. The white...
  4. TomFromEnfield

    Saison got too hot - at what temp does the yeast die off?

    Thanks for the input. I've added some additional yeast.
  5. TomFromEnfield

    Saison got too hot - at what temp does the yeast die off?

    I just realised that's 1.006 once the temperature is taken into account. It still appears to be coming down though.
  6. TomFromEnfield

    Saison got too hot - at what temp does the yeast die off?

    Thanks for the responses. I was worried the alcohol might affect them at at lower temperature but the gravity has dropped right down to 1.000 so I think I'm okay. This was right at the end of the primary so hopefully I've gotten away with it, they only need enough vitality to go a little further...
  7. TomFromEnfield

    Saison got too hot - at what temp does the yeast die off?

    I've messed up! I had a saison fermenting that came down to 1.013. I thought that was a little high but it was at the lower limit of the attenuation for that particular brand of yeast. I wanted it a little drier though so pitched some Belle Saison into it and had it at 30 degrees. Things were...
  8. TomFromEnfield

    Cranberry saison - need advice on the cranberries.

    Cheers, I'll give the frozen cranberries a go.
  9. TomFromEnfield

    Cranberry saison - need advice on the cranberries.

    Hi Brew Wizards I want to brew a cranberry saison so I've been looking at different options for the cranberries. I've been looking at dried cranberries online but I'm worried that a lot of them say they're dosed with sunflower oil to prevent clumping. How worried do I need to be about the oil...
  10. TomFromEnfield

    The effect on carbonation of sticking bottled beer in the fridge - does it reverse at room temp?

    Hi Anjou Thanks for this. This was also an Oatmeal stout. I haven't got the exact recipe at hand but it was base Maris Otter, Oats and wheat in equal measure and some crystal.
  11. TomFromEnfield

    The effect on carbonation of sticking bottled beer in the fridge - does it reverse at room temp?

    Cheers Terry that's useful. I was assuming the temperature had a greater affect on the amount of dissolved CO2.
  12. TomFromEnfield

    The effect on carbonation of sticking bottled beer in the fridge - does it reverse at room temp?

    Hi All I've got some bottles of stout that I bottled a couple of weeks ago using table sugar, they were bottled to 2.3 volumes of CO2 with boiled sugar added directly to the bottling bucket. Since bottling they've been stored at room temperature (about 20c). I opened a couple yesterday (at...
  13. TomFromEnfield

    Is my sourdough starter a contamination threat to my beer?

    Thanks for all the input. I think my cleaning and sanitisation is pretty good so I'll not lose any sleep over the sourdough.
  14. TomFromEnfield

    Is my sourdough starter a contamination threat to my beer?

    Hi Steve, much appreciated. I headed to Google off the back of your comment and it looks like Lactobacillus plantarum, and Lactobacillus brevis can thrive in both.
  15. TomFromEnfield

    Is my sourdough starter a contamination threat to my beer?

    Hi I've just bottled up a batch of Saison and whilst doing so noticed my sourdough starter was sat there on top of the fridge. This got me wondering if the yeast/bacteria present in the sourdough might be a potential infection hazard to the beer I was bottling. Does anyone know if the...
  16. TomFromEnfield

    London and south east 2018 homebrew comp

    Thanks for your responses guys, I feel very pleased with the result now. I'm also keen to see the feedback. In my opinion the stout didn't keep it's head very well and there wasn't a lot of lacing going on. That said, I had one of Fourpure's Oatmeal stouts yesterday and that doesn't keep a...
  17. TomFromEnfield

    London and south east 2018 homebrew comp

    Is that how it works then? Do we get some further feedback on the competition site later? If that's the case then hopefully your score will update on the site later.
  18. TomFromEnfield

    London and south east 2018 homebrew comp

    Hi All I entered an Oatmeal Stout yesterday, it was my first competition. It was great fun. I didn't win anything (except on the raffle) but logging in today I can see I scored as 32. I've got no context to put that in though as I'm not sure how the scoring works. Is there a set scoring...
  19. TomFromEnfield

    How large a container should I use when harvesting yeast?

    Hi All I'm new to the forum and this is my first post so I apologise if this has been asked already. I did have a search but couldn't see quite what I was after. I've been thinking about harvesting yeast from batch to batch and although I've managed to find a lot of information on how to do...
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