Festival Golden Stag advice please

[110ben]

I have decided to do a Festival Golden Stag as my first beer kit and have a couple of questions for you clever people.
The instructions say ferment between 20 - 25 c and as i have a brew fridge and inkbird I am wondering where you would set temp and does it make a difference.
I am also intending to rack into a secondary and and use either finnings or a cold crash ....Again any thoughts please, especially if cold crashing would you do that before racking into the secondary or after.
All advice much appreciated thanks.

 

[Oneflewover]

Hi. I think that this is a hoppy pale ale where you don't want too much flavour from the yeast. Given that I'd be inclined to ferment at the cooler end and increase a couple of degrees as fermentation slows to make sure it attenuates fully. Each to their own but I've never racked off primary, I just cool crash with the beer in the FV. My thinking is that I want to disturb that beer as little as possible and it is protected under a layer of CO2. Cheers and good luck

 

[110ben]

Hi. I think that this is a hoppy pale ale where you don't want too much flavour from the yeast. Given that I'd be inclined to ferment at the cooler end and increase a couple of degrees as fermentation slows to make sure it attenuates fully. Each to their own but I've never racked off primary, I just cool crash with the beer in the FV. My thinking is that I want to disturb that beer as little as possible and it is protected under a layer of CO2. Cheers and good luck

Great advice thanks...never thought of increasing temp as it progresses. You live and learn and thanks for the heads up on cold crashing.