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Offline klickitat jim

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Re: High temp fermentation
« Reply #15 on: February 03, 2018, 12:22:15 pm »
One of the most powerful tools against contamination is pitching enough healthy yeast to quickly dominate the wort, and drop the ph to where most contaminants are unable to survive. If the fear is a few stray brett cells or pedio, etc... I think of it this way. If I were trying to get Brett or pedio to produce a noticeable effect, do I think a few airborne cells would be enough? No. Then you have theoretical vs reality. Are these guys who use foil for "open" fermenting experiencing contaminated beers. No.

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Re: High temp fermentation
« Reply #16 on: February 03, 2018, 05:27:22 pm »

Same thing as putting foil on your starter. Stuff won't crawl under the foil, you just want to stop stuff from falling/ floating in.

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Re: High temp fermentation
« Reply #17 on: February 03, 2018, 05:41:17 pm »
HA!

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Re: High temp fermentation
« Reply #18 on: February 03, 2018, 10:57:48 pm »

Same thing as putting foil on your starter. Stuff won't crawl under the foil, you just want to stop stuff from falling/ floating in.

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I live in the city now so I don't need foil.
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Re: High temp fermentation
« Reply #19 on: February 05, 2018, 10:05:52 am »
I'll bet you a homebrew that your beer is fine. I always crank the temps on Saisons (ramping one right now using WLP590 French Saison and WLP644 Saccharomyces Bruxellensis Trois) to make sure they attenuate fully. Drinking the incredibly delicious product of the last brew using those yeasts as a split batch saison. RDWHAHB!

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The key to making sure saison ferment fully (those made with the Dupont stain at least) appears tpo be open fermentation. 

https://www.experimentalbrew.com/experiments/saison-yeast-airlock-vs-open-ferment-does-it-prevent-stall

https://www.experimentalbrew.com/podcast/episode-18-saison-under-pressure

if the DuPont strain(s?) are so pressure sensitive, then how do people bottle carb with the strain? The more I've used the DuPont strain the more I become convinced it is a wild sacch.