Fermenting High Gravity Lagers

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We’re getting pro tips from Imperial Yeast on fermenting high-gravity lager beers. Adam McClure, Technical Support Specialist at Imperial Yeast, discusses special considerations for higher alcohol lagers including yeast cell count and pitch rate, staggered aeration, fermentation temperature, and extended lagering techniques. Plus, the importance of performing both forced fermentation and VDK (or diacetyl) tests

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Headless Mumby Super Flight

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Episode 98 | The Krewe of Chop & Brew gather for an epic flight of crowlers from our buddy Keith Ciani, six beers from his brewery Headless Mumby Brewing Company in Olympia, WA. Headless Mumby (Keith’s and his cohorts Alex Maffeo and Stacey O’Connor) brews only lagers using solely whole-leaf hops. We sample their German

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