Byo Mag July-aug 06

[Doc]

The July/Aug issue arrived today.
An interesting article on building yourself an open fermenter.
Anyone keen on doing it ?

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[Finite]

I would be keen to read about it for sure. Is there any advantages to using open fermentation as opposed to closed?

 

[goatherder]

It looks like BYO have beaten me to the punch. I was just doing a bit of study on open fermentation and was about to post a question.

I heard an interview with Chris White (white labs) regarding belgian yeasts, and he made a comment that more homebrewers should be doing open fermentations when using them. Something about better gas exchange in those first few days of fermentation. He seemed to think that infection wasn't a huge risk if sanitation was good and the fermenter was covered in alfoil.

I hope my copy hurries up...

 

[berazafi]

i ferment with just gladwrap over my fermenter, so if air did want to get in it could, have never had a problem, not sure if that would actully be open as there is probably always a layer of carbon dioxide protecting it from air in my case, i would have thought that open would mean that the carbon dioxide layer would not be there

 

[ausdb]

It looks like BYO have beaten me to the punch. I was just doing a bit of study on open fermentation and was about to post a question.

I heard an interview with Chris White (white labs) regarding belgian yeasts, and he made a comment that more homebrewers should be doing open fermentations when using them. Something about better gas exchange in those first few days of fermentation. He seemed to think that infection wasn't a huge risk if sanitation was good and the fermenter was covered in alfoil.

Based on the talk Chris White gave in Perth I open fermented my last two batches, one was an esb and the other a mild using some 1968 slurry from another esb. Granted that there was a fair bit of yeast present I have never seen fermentations take off as fast and as vigourosly as they did. I will try it again next batch but only use a normal amount of yeast to see if it does the same thing

 

[Doc]

It looks like BYO have beaten me to the punch. I was just doing a bit of study on open fermentation and was about to post a question.

I heard an interview with Chris White (white labs) regarding belgian yeasts, and he made a comment that more homebrewers should be doing open fermentations when using them. Something about better gas exchange in those first few days of fermentation.

One of the stories deals with this. Compares Belgian beers closed fermented at Russian River, and open fermented at Ommegang.
The build project is a open fermenter made with ceramic tiles. I need a bigger (and cleaner) brewshed

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[Linz]

The build project is a open fermenter made with ceramic tiles.

Doc

Have they been to Picton???

Scharers has open fermenters in a coolroom. S/Steel tanks line the Tile walls that surround them


http://www.stonequarry.com.au/scharers/beermaking.html

 

[mikem108]

....just in time for some long weekend reading, whilst the stout is on the boil.