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I am using Wyeast Bavarian 2206 on a Helles Bock that I put together on Monday. It is the first lager I have done in a while and I have a question about off flavors. I know that when lager yeasts are fermented in a warm temperature they give off some undesirable flavors and smells. My situation is the opposite. I have my primary in the brew fridge at 47 degrees. That is as warm as I can get the fridge to stay using the standard control. The fermentation appears to to extremely robust. It was a bit slow to get going, however, when it took off it threw up a nice big krausen and started. It looks like it is progressing along perfectly. What should I expect from this beer?

Rease

Depending on your grain bill, you could likely expect a Helles!

Seriously though, it looks like the min temp. for this yeast is 46f, with a max of 58f so you should be doing just fine. Smoooth city.

And if you think you may have any off flavors, just send me a few bottles when it's done (6 or 12) and I will identify them for you...

Rob

Speyedr wrote:Depending on your grain bill, you could likely expect a Helles!

Seriously though, it looks like the min temp. for this yeast is 46f, with a max of 58f so you should be doing just fine. Smoooth city.

And if you think you may have any off flavors, just send me a few bottles when it's done (6 or 12) and I will identify them for you...

Rob

No problem. I just hope the flavor won't turn to weak piss in the mail.

Thanks Man.

Rease

I'll give the weak piss to those neighbors who are afraid of my beer 'cause it's "too dark"... Panzies!

Hand them a coors light, tell them it's "refreshing". Its a canoe beer, they won't ever know.

RB

I have a question about the Helles that you're making. I'm making a very similar brew using that same yeast. I know that the fermentation temp for the 2206 is supposed to be below 50, but I have one big prob. I don't have a way to cool the wort that cool. I don't have a fridge for that. I pitched on Friday and can't get back to it til Sunday. I am wondering if that will be too long at 74deg to save, or can I start cooling it with ice water and wet towels and still save it? I need to save my Munich Helles, Please HELP!!!

Wow, did I hear that right?! 74 degrees for a lager? How long did you hold that temp? Was that the ambient temp?

It's sad really. Yes, 74 deg. That's the coolest it was until today. Now i'm down to a whopping 70! The good news is that fermentation has finally started. I have to use ambient air temp to try to cool my fermenter. I'm going to wrap in a wet towel today, then put the whole set up into a yard trash bag.Then I'll add some ice water(just a little) to see if I can get it down to around high 50's or better. The prob is, it will be VERY labor intensive for me to keep it that way. I just hope that I can keep it fairly close so as not to have a big change in the temps.