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Date: 07 Nov 2006 22:24:43
From: supadupa
Subject: A winter brew
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First I would like to thank the members on this forum for all of the
excellent advice I have been able to collect! It is truly a wealth of
brewing information.
Secondly, I wrote a little while back about overcarbonation of my beer
and received many excellent comments. However, it turned out it just
needed to condition in the bottles a bit longer! After sitting in the
bottles for one month (I tried it just after 2 weeks) the beer
developed a lovely deep flavor and had no aftertaste! Thanks in part to
this site I believe my first brew turned out to be a success.
Now my question:
It is becoming cooler over here in Japan but I still want to brew! Can
you give me any advice or recipes for beer that will ferment in cooler
temperatures? I think that there must be, after all humans need beer
all year long.
Thanks in advance,
Z in Japan
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Date: 07 Nov 2006 23:26:42
From: supadupa
Subject: Re: A winter brew
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> How cold are you talking about? I've made some nice clean ales as low
> as 55F and lagers will ferment lower than that.
Well, it's a pretty mild winter here in Tokyo. It might get a bit lower
than 55F though. Probably around 45F I think.
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Date: 08 Nov 2006 20:01:38
From: Wayne
Subject: Re: A winter brew
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On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 23:26:42 -0800, supadupa wrote:
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>
>> How cold are you talking about? I've made some nice clean ales as low as
>> 55F and lagers will ferment lower than that.
>
> Well, it's a pretty mild winter here in Tokyo. It might get a bit lower
> than 55F though. Probably around 45F I think.
Yeah, it's very mild this year! It's the beginning of November and I'm
wearing my shirt-sleeves rolled up and carry my jacket most of the time!
Anyway, I was thinking the same thing as it's bound to get cooler sooner
or later and I hit upon what may be a neat idea. Obviously, you know about
hot carpets (electrically heated carpets) Well, I've seen chair sized ones
too and I was thinking about getting one to put under my brewing bucket
and keep it on low heat so I can brew ales in the winter. It's worth a
try at least and if not I can warm my butt with it :-)
Cheers
The other Wayne
PS. See my sig for beer info in Tokyo.
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http://www.geocities.jp/rondonko/
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Date: 12 Nov 2006 09:20:57
From: Bob F
Subject: Re: A winter brew
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"Wayne" <rondonjin@yahoo.com > wrote in message
news:pan.2006.11.08.11.01.37.171663@yahoo.com...
> On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 23:26:42 -0800, supadupa wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >> How cold are you talking about? I've made some nice clean ales as low
as
> >> 55F and lagers will ferment lower than that.
> >
> > Well, it's a pretty mild winter here in Tokyo. It might get a bit lower
> > than 55F though. Probably around 45F I think.
>
> Yeah, it's very mild this year! It's the beginning of November and I'm
> wearing my shirt-sleeves rolled up and carry my jacket most of the time!
>
> Anyway, I was thinking the same thing as it's bound to get cooler sooner
> or later and I hit upon what may be a neat idea. Obviously, you know about
> hot carpets (electrically heated carpets) Well, I've seen chair sized ones
> too and I was thinking about getting one to put under my brewing bucket
> and keep it on low heat so I can brew ales in the winter. It's worth a
> try at least and if not I can warm my butt with it :-)
I would thing a foam box or cooler with a thermostaticly controlled
heater inside would do fine. I've used a dead chest freezer with a
space heater in it that worked fine.
Bob
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Date: 07 Nov 2006 22:44:16
From: Washu
Subject: Re: A winter brew
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supadupa wrote:
> First I would like to thank the members on this forum for all of the
> excellent advice I have been able to collect! It is truly a wealth of
> brewing information.
>
> Secondly, I wrote a little while back about overcarbonation of my beer
> and received many excellent comments. However, it turned out it just
> needed to condition in the bottles a bit longer! After sitting in the
> bottles for one month (I tried it just after 2 weeks) the beer
> developed a lovely deep flavor and had no aftertaste! Thanks in part to
> this site I believe my first brew turned out to be a success.
>
> Now my question:
>
> It is becoming cooler over here in Japan but I still want to brew! Can
> you give me any advice or recipes for beer that will ferment in cooler
> temperatures? I think that there must be, after all humans need beer
> all year long.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Z in Japan
How cold are you talking about? I've made some nice clean ales as low
as 55F and lagers will ferment lower than that.
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Date: 17 Nov 2006 10:47:34
From: Wayne
Subject: Re: A winter brew
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On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 09:20:57 -0800, Bob F wrote:
> "Wayne" <rondonjin@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:pan.2006.11.08.11.01.37.171663@yahoo.com...
>> On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 23:26:42 -0800, supadupa wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >> How cold are you talking about? I've made some nice clean ales as low
> as
>> >> 55F and lagers will ferment lower than that.
>> >
>> > Well, it's a pretty mild winter here in Tokyo. It might get a bit lower
>> > than 55F though. Probably around 45F I think.
>>
>> Yeah, it's very mild this year! It's the beginning of November and I'm
>> wearing my shirt-sleeves rolled up and carry my jacket most of the time!
>>
>> Anyway, I was thinking the same thing as it's bound to get cooler sooner
>> or later and I hit upon what may be a neat idea. Obviously, you know about
>> hot carpets (electrically heated carpets) Well, I've seen chair sized ones
>> too and I was thinking about getting one to put under my brewing bucket
>> and keep it on low heat so I can brew ales in the winter. It's worth a
>> try at least and if not I can warm my butt with it :-)
>
> I would thing a foam box or cooler with a thermostaticly controlled
> heater inside would do fine. I've used a dead chest freezer with a
> space heater in it that worked fine.
>
> Bob
Wish I had the space for that but as I live in a country where
buildings and apartments are tiny (apart from overpaid expats)
so I thought the heated mat would be a good idea, it might also
warm up the freezing cold room a bit too :-) Maybe in a couple
more weeks it will be cold enough to brew a Bock without some
kind of cooling gear :-) It's gone down from daytime temps of
20 degrees C to 12C in no time!
Wayne
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