Trough Lolly
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I have inadvertantly started a bit of a forum war over in the US...
I asked an innocent question as to why people cold condition ales as part of secondary fermentation - I thought that the fridge at about 6 to 8C would render an ale yeast dormant and it would certainly clarify the wort but not further condition it.
Many US brewers differ on whether or not secondary fermentation of ales, as opposed to lagers, is worth doing - especially cold conditioning.
The general consensus over there is that secondary fermentation of ales is a waste of time...
What do you think? :huh:
TL
I asked an innocent question as to why people cold condition ales as part of secondary fermentation - I thought that the fridge at about 6 to 8C would render an ale yeast dormant and it would certainly clarify the wort but not further condition it.
Many US brewers differ on whether or not secondary fermentation of ales, as opposed to lagers, is worth doing - especially cold conditioning.
The general consensus over there is that secondary fermentation of ales is a waste of time...
What do you think? :huh:
TL