Disaster

[valdid_shaw]

Each to their own I suppose. I do use a brewing fridge, primarily cos I fancied the challenge of building one. I do like the fact I can hold a perfect temp, be it 18, 19, 20, whatever, and if you do cold crash (which I usually don’t) there are advantages of not having to move the primary. But if I’m honest, I can’t definitively say how much difference it makes vs traditional airing cupboard etc.

It sure does smell nice when you open that fridge door come racking day though...

 

[Mavroz]

Yes, I forgot to mention dropping the temp for a couple of days. This really does seem to help with the clarity of the bottled beer once conditioned.

And an undercounter fridge certainly doesn't take much room in the garage, will probably install another and a temp controller before the cold weather arrives.

 

[lancon]

Don't like the sound of that. I've had it happen twice in my career. The whole body of beer looks as though it's on a high, rolling boil. The beer tastes awful afterwards with an acrid taste, which I understand is called "yeast bite". Even so, I wouldn't chuck it at this stage as it may well depend on the yeast strain.

Yeast bite is an interesting term as it seems to have many meanings. I brewed a 1.070 IPA and it tasted fine at the beginning of the glass but by the end of the glass not pleasant. A masterbrewer on tasting the beer said it was yeast bite caused by under-aerating the wort. Further googling of yeast bite gives a variety of explanations.

 

[kelper]

Cheers Kelper. So there are some advantages to our shyte scottish summers!

July is always dodgy; September is the best month.

 

[Hopperty]

Yeast bite is an interesting term as it seems to have many meanings. I brewed a 1.070 IPA and it tasted fine at the beginning of the glass but by the end of the glass not pleasant. A masterbrewer on tasting the beer said it was yeast bite caused by under-aerating the wort. Further googling of yeast bite gives a variety of explanations.

I'm not understanding this, do you mean the glass you are drinking from and that the taste changes before you finish the glass? so is it the beer at the top part of the bottle that has a strange taste?

 

[lancon]

I think it was the quantity drank, whether it was in such small traces as to be not noticed at first and then built up. When I next see the masterbrewer I'll ask him further.