Since we approach the warmest months of the year, it seemed appropriate for a thread about brewing in hot weather, which might be of interest to new brewers and some who have restarted after a few years out.
As far as I am aware there are only a few beer yeasts that will happily ferment above about 25*C without either giving up, or introducing unwanted off-flavours, so if you are brewing with the majority of other yeasts you may need to decide to not brew at all, adopt some form of cooling, or use one of the specialist yeasts.
Personally I generally avoid brewing in July and August, since I don’t have a beer fridge. So at present I am slowly building up a beer stock to tide me over. But if I do decide to brew in these months and a week or two either side I will at least check the upcoming weather forecast. I have also used Saison yeasts in the past which can happily ferment in the upper 20*C range, and used my water bath with either old wet towels to cool by evaporative cooling, or change the water with cold from the fridge or add ice.
So, any other ideas from forum members, especially since Kveik seems to be in vogue at present.
As far as I am aware there are only a few beer yeasts that will happily ferment above about 25*C without either giving up, or introducing unwanted off-flavours, so if you are brewing with the majority of other yeasts you may need to decide to not brew at all, adopt some form of cooling, or use one of the specialist yeasts.
Personally I generally avoid brewing in July and August, since I don’t have a beer fridge. So at present I am slowly building up a beer stock to tide me over. But if I do decide to brew in these months and a week or two either side I will at least check the upcoming weather forecast. I have also used Saison yeasts in the past which can happily ferment in the upper 20*C range, and used my water bath with either old wet towels to cool by evaporative cooling, or change the water with cold from the fridge or add ice.
So, any other ideas from forum members, especially since Kveik seems to be in vogue at present.