Where do you ferment?

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Re: Where do you ferment?

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RickBeer wrote:This is priceless.

Question - where do you ferment?

Answer - I put them wherever I can find a spot that doesn't make my wife mad.

Joe is the only honest one in the entire forum! :lol:
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I believe Bella Saison or French Saison has become my official Summer IPA yeast. The IPA I made with it is totally delicious. No yeast fruitiness, the hops stand out, and no messing with temps, just let it rip away in the 70s-80s. It's great. The spicyness of the yeast plays nicely with the IPA hops I like the most (piney/spicy/citrusy hops).
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I ferment in my work room, which is near the kitchen. What I like is being able to brew in the kitchen, which got the envy of a couple of people in a conversation at my homebrew club tonight. The outdoor temperatures here are hot in summer and cold in winter, with sometimes not very many weeks in between, and our garage is not well insulated, so brewing there would not be very comfortable.
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mashani wrote:I believe Bella Saison or French Saison has become my official Summer IPA yeast. The IPA I made with it is totally delicious. No yeast fruitiness, the hops stand out, and no messing with temps, just let it rip away in the 70s-80s. It's great. The spicyness of the yeast plays nicely with the IPA hops I like the most (piney/spicy/citrusy hops).
I just tried my first experiment trying to make Oberon how is use to be made. Still a tad green in the bottle but nice and tasty as well. Next time I might not take it quite as high - 80 vs 85 - will probably come close to nailing it, although it has been awhile since Ive had a "real" Oberon and not today's version where they (I believe) are now using their house yeast.
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Re: Where do you ferment?

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BigPapaG wrote:
RickBeer wrote:This is priceless.

Question - where do you ferment?

Answer - I put them wherever I can find a spot that doesn't make my wife mad.

Joe is the only honest one in the entire forum! :lol:
+1 :lol:
Not really I do 99% of the cooking, so the kitchen us mine. Excepting when it is cookie baking time :lol: :lol: As far as the fermenting goes.................................
im Leben Geduld ist eine Tugend
in Brau-es ist eine Anforderung

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in brewing it is a requirement


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In my insulated closet, of course. Holds 2 Mr. Beer kegs or a 5 gallon fermenter.

It's the bottom half of a two door hall closet lined with 1.5 inch solid insulation. Duct taped at the top but the floor is removeable for easy replacement when it gets too dinged up. As good as an ice chest but bigger.

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I rest my lbks in the closet near our basement laundry room. The carboys are sitting right across from the washer and dryer lol. Doin ok though with the space my wife permits me :)
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My current "upper shelf" on my brew area... WLP500 Starter in progress, LBC's ready to go once that's done with old school locking spigots in place. (still do not trust new ones). It's a bit tricky to get LBC into base with locking spigots. But I believe it will work nicely. I cover this when not perving it, so it's totally dark in there, just the way the yeasties like it.
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