motman
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Hi all, please redirect me if this has already been covered but I could t find much with a quick google.
I'm wondering the impact of pitching too cold.. Reason being that I have just started no chilling and on the weekend filled the fermenter, started rehydrating my yeast (k97 kolsch) and realised the wort was at 8c and the yeast at 24... I warmed the wort to 9c with the belt and pitched, setting the belt to warm the fermenter to 15.5, which would have taken overnight to achieve.
This will be a pretty common situation in tas in winter I imagine and I could plan to heat the wort in the fermenter pre pitch but that would leave it prone to infection.
So in wondering if he temp shock would be likely to cause off flavours and yeast health issues?
Thanks for any input.
Cheers,
Tom
I'm wondering the impact of pitching too cold.. Reason being that I have just started no chilling and on the weekend filled the fermenter, started rehydrating my yeast (k97 kolsch) and realised the wort was at 8c and the yeast at 24... I warmed the wort to 9c with the belt and pitched, setting the belt to warm the fermenter to 15.5, which would have taken overnight to achieve.
This will be a pretty common situation in tas in winter I imagine and I could plan to heat the wort in the fermenter pre pitch but that would leave it prone to infection.
So in wondering if he temp shock would be likely to cause off flavours and yeast health issues?
Thanks for any input.
Cheers,
Tom