2nd Ag-- Whats With Safale Us-05?

[roger mellie]

so, is Sammy right...chill to 3c?


still not sure what temp to crash chill?

As cold as you can get it without freezing it - colder the better.

RM

 

[flattop]

I've used us-05 a number of times, a nice clean yeast, gives a crisp finish.

 

[buttersd70]

for the purpose of dropping bright, yes, colder is better.

 

[drsmurto]

as low as 0C is good.

-2 is not. <_<

Scored a free fridge and who would have thought it was good enough to freeze a fermenter full of beer......

bostons ginger pilsner come eisbock......??? h34r:

 

[Phrak]

Yeah as others have mentioned, chill as low as you can go.

Before my chest freezer died, I brightened my ales at 1C.
Since then, I've been forced to use the little bar fridge which will only drop it to about 4C. This is fine for me - it happens to match my serving temperature!

Another reason to crash chill in the fermenter, especially if you're kegging, is that the lower the temperature of the liquid, the easier the CO is absorbed into the liquid = less CO usage.

 

[jeddog]

Thanks Dr Smurto for the recipe...........

mmmmmmmmmm JSGA, love the stuff


alls looking real good for my 2nd AG

 

[jeddog]

crash chilling at 0c as we speak

i guess that 5.5% ABV she shouldn't freeze at 0c....




by the way have ya seen my fermenting fridge ( she gets down to approx -5c with a tempmate ) if needed


....hate to gloat


jeddog

 

[buttersd70]

as low as 0C is good.

-2 is not. <_<

Scored a free fridge and who would have thought it was good enough to freeze a fermenter full of beer......

bostons ginger pilsner come eisbock......??? h34r:

Thats what ya get for brewing low alc. :lol:
Happens to me semi regularly....I have a cold spot in my fridge I sometimes forget about...Just let it come up slowly, it should all be good. One of the best beers I made was froxen damn near solid....and that was back when I bottled. I was amazed that there was actually enough yeast viability to carb it.

 

[drsmurto]

:icon_offtopic:

Will be bottling the extras as i ended up with 24L instead of 19L...... <_<

Its defrosted now. Kegging/bottling it tonight in time for the cricket. :icon_chickcheers: