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Offline Lazy Ant Brewing

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Peak temperature/priming sugar question
« on: August 10, 2017, 10:09:58 am »
I usually ramp up fermentation temperatures for ales using US05 as follows: pitch yeast into 62 F wort, slowly ramp up temp controller to 66 F for 10 to 12 days, then set temp to 72 F for three days to finish.  Cold crash for three days then bottle.

In the above scenario, would I use 66 F to compute the amount of priming sugar to use since that was where the bulk of fermentation took place , or would I use 72 F since that is the highest temp for the beer before bottling?

Thanks in advance for your answers.
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Re: Peak temperature/priming sugar question
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2017, 10:18:13 am »
72. Gas is less soluble at warmer temps.

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Re: Peak temperature/priming sugar question
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2017, 10:41:12 am »
72. Gas is less soluble at warmer temps.

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