Thread: Homebrew temperature control

You're onto it @kimjon. STC1000 controller? Some suggest its better to control the refrigeration via a probe in the beer (active fermentation does have a bit of heat) 'rather than air temperatures but, I have not had too much issue with controlling on air temperature. Cold crashing really cleans up your beer and if you're keen you will find your yeast cake compacts down well for harvesting. Another trick for really clean beer is fining with geletine fine with geletine. Are you kegging? If so you can add to the keg. If bottling you can add it to the fermenter a couple days before you bottle.

isinglas finings are even more effective

Originally Posted by gonetropo

isinglas finings are even more effective

Any more effective and it would strip the beer from the water
Id rather put horse hooves in my beer than fish bladders any day, plus Isinglass has a shelf life of 2 months at best.

Originally Posted by kiwijames

Any more effective and it would strip the beer from the water
Id rather put horse hooves in my beer than fish bladders any day, plus Isinglass has a shelf life of 2 months at best.

@kiwijames

The things we do for beer.

That gelatin may also have originated from the bones and/or the organs of pigs, horses and cattle.

Seaweed (irish moss) is another agent that can be used to reduce the haze of beer.

Just saying.

Cheers
Pete

Originally Posted by P38

@kiwijames

The things we do for beer.

That gelatin may also have originated from the bones and/or the organs of pigs, horses and cattle.

Seaweed (irish moss) is another agent that can be used to reduce the haze of beer.

Just saying.

Cheers
Pete

Supposedly carrageenan (Irish Moss) is no good for you. I still use it as Koppafloc in the boil. Ive never seen it used outside there.

Originally Posted by kiwijames

Supposedly carrageenan (Irish Moss) is no good for you. I still use it as Koppafloc in the boil. Ive never seen it used outside there.

@kiwijames

It appears that everything is no good for you these days ........... However that only serves to make you want it even more.

Cheers
Pete

Sounds like you guys are doing it the hard way, I just grab some good brew kits and chuck them into the fermenter and usually after 4/5 days it`s bottled. I have three dozen on the go and just getting into a draught now that's 12 months old, no finings, it settle's with time. P38, don`t mention the anal bit, gives Kimjon the dry heaves, and don`t let any plant growth hormones fall into the brew, Cheers. Homebrew.357.