Diacetyl rest and tempreture before bottling

[brydo]

Hi guys, I've got my fermentation bucket on a thermostat controlled heat pad for the first time so I can raise the temperature I'm 3 days away from bottling as that will be the two week mark, and I'm wondering if I should raise the temp for those last 3 days ? Do people do this or have I picked it up wrong ? Its fermented at 19oc so I'm thinking to raise it to 21

Cheers in advance

 

[nickjdavis]

What sort of beer are you brewing? Is diacetyl appropriate for that style of beer? Is the yeast you are using prone to generating diacetyl?

Irrespective of the above....sometimes a quick temperature rise at the end of fermentation just encourages yeast to clean up other off flavours....so it might be appropriate even if diacetyl is not a concern.

 

[cushyno]

Sounds perfect. Fermenting at 19degC and 3 days at 21degC is my choice for an English bitter.

It all depends on the style and the yeast as some seem to clean up faster than others and favour different temperatures. However, your plan sounds good.

 

[brydo]

Its cascade pale ale from greg Hughes book and I used s-04. That's sound then, I'll proceed as planned