Re: 1st batch of beer

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Re: 1st batch of beer

Postby yahoo » Fri Nov 28, 2008 11:58 am

Greetings!

Alcohol content and yeast, they go hand in hand. First of all, read
this: http://mikemojc.byethost12.com/Stopping.html . The EZ Cap
yeast is capable of 12-15% Alcohol By Volume (ABV) IF the conditions
are right. If you start with a relatively low sugar wort, the yeast
will ferment almost all the sugar available by about day 3 or 4, then
take the next couple of days to weaken from starvation. For a 'real'
beer, you WANT a little live yeast left over. When you bottle, you
prime the bottle with a little corn sugar to get a secondary
fermentation IN THE BOTTLE. This is what provides the carbonation.

For wine that you don't want a secondary carbonation, let it ferment
out about 2 weeks or so, so that the yeast either dies of starvation
or alcohol poisoning, then filter and bottle. Coffee filters help
get rid of the cloudiness in wine and beer, but some yeast (alive or
dead) might slip though.

Good luck and good brew!

--- In E-Z-Caps@yahoogroups.com, "rob98rocks"
wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I couldn't really find this info in the posts so here's my
question.
> Using the recipe in the handout that came with the caps I'm
currently
> brewing some coopers wheat beer. Does beer ferment at the same rate
> as mentioned in the sheet? It says to wait a week but a week
usually
> corresponds to 12% alcohol for juices. I don't really want 12%
> alcohol beer as I've tasted some before and they just taste bad with
> such high alcohol content. I would prefer more like 6-8%. Has
anyone
> measured the alcohol level from EZ Caps beer after a week?
>
> Another question I had is; if I filter the beer/wine that I make
with
> a coffee filter, will that sufficiently remove the yeast and allow
for
> storage at room temp (after bottling of course)?
>
> Thanks ahead of time.
>



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