Tasty: Driving Fermentation and Lagers

[derfburg]

I am little confused by this

On day three I measured the attenuation at 80% to terminal gravity

How do you measure that mid ferment? Must be having a brain fart here.

[TastyMcD]

I am little confused by this

On day three I measured the attenuation at 80% to terminal gravity

How do you measure that mid ferment? Must be having a brain fart here.

I can see the confusion. If you replace the word "attenuation" with "fermentation progress" it makes a little more sense. For example, take a wort with an OG of 1.056 and an expected FG of 1.010. If you take a hydrometer reading on day three of 1.020, the beer is 78% complete. That's (1.056 - 1.020) / (1.056 - 1.010).

Tasty

[boobookittyfuk]

tasty, i have one last question...whats your social security number?

just kidding...really though thanks for these tips!!

[Thirsty Boy]

Just dont go too far down this track - for there lies mega brew.

This sort of thing, taken a bit further, replicates the processes used by the giant breweries to shove out lagers with a total production time of less than a couple of weeks. Sometimes they aren't bad - but often they are. So there is a line you can cross in this direction.

Keep your self critical hat frimly on - its bloody easy to whack out lagers nearly as quick as you can ales, but its just as easy to discover that you stopped brewing fantastic lagers and are now churning out stuff that could be fantastic instead.

Faster, cheaper, nearly as good! Where can i get a T'shirt?

[mediumsk]

Faster, cheaper, nearly as good! Where can i get a T'shirt?

so true

[boobookittyfuk]

Just dont go too far down this track - for there lies mega brew.

This sort of thing, taken a bit further, replicates the processes used by the giant breweries to shove out lagers with a total production time of less than a couple of weeks. Sometimes they aren't bad - but often they are. So there is a line you can cross in this direction.

Keep your self critical hat frimly on - its bloody easy to whack out lagers nearly as quick as you can ales, but its just as easy to discover that you stopped brewing fantastic lagers and are now churning out stuff that could be fantastic instead.

Faster, cheaper, nearly as good! Where can i get a T'shirt?

is that why budweiser makes a BBQ sauce? I saw some in the grocery store and some dude was excited to see it and talking to his wife about it. I kind of just laughed and thought, why not make a poland spring BBQ sauce?

[JohnF]

Just dont go too far down this track - for there lies mega brew.

This sort of thing, taken a bit further, replicates the processes used by the giant breweries to shove out lagers with a total production time of less than a couple of weeks. Sometimes they aren't bad - but often they are. So there is a line you can cross in this direction.

Keep your self critical hat frimly on - its bloody easy to whack out lagers nearly as quick as you can ales, but its just as easy to discover that you stopped brewing fantastic lagers and are now churning out stuff that could be fantastic instead.

Faster, cheaper, nearly as good! Where can i get a T'shirt?

Cold fermentation with warm maturation is how the majority of German lagers at breweries of varying sizes are now made.

[TastyMcD]

Cold fermentation with warm maturation is how the majority of German lagers at breweries of varying sizes are now made.

It's not like I'm a student of German lagers but I've never heard this. I wonder how much they're able to shorten the maturation period and what differences they find in their beers versus cold maturation.

Tasty