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Introduction
Section 1
Brewing Your First Beer With Malt Extract
1 A Crash Course in Brewing
2 Brewing Preparations
3 Malt Extract and Beer Kits
4 Water for Extract Brewing
5 Hops
6 Yeast
7 Boiling and Cooling
8 Fermentation
9 Fermenting Your First Beer
10 What is Different for Brewing Lager Beer?
11 Priming and Bottling
Section 2
Brewing Your First Extract and Specialty Grain Beer
Section 3
Brewing Your First All-Grain Beer
Section 4
Formulating Recipes and Solutions

 

 

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Chapter 8 - Fermentation

8.1 Factors for a Good Fermentation

Let's review the preparations from the previous chapters that will help us consistently achieve a good fermentation. There are three principal factors that determine fermentation activity and results: Yeast, Wort Nutrients and Temperature.

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Fermentation
8.0
Some Misconceptions
8.1
Factors for a Good Fermentation
8.1.1
Yeast Factors
8.1.2
Wort Factors
8.1.3
Temperature Factors
8.2
Re-defining Fermentation
8.2.1
Lagtime or Adaptation Phase
8.2.2
Primary or Attenuative Phase
8.2.3
Secondary or Conditioning Phase
8.3
Conditioning Processes
8.4
Using Secondary Fermentors
8.5
Secondary Fermentor vs. Bottle Conditioning
8.6
Summary
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Appendix A - Using Hydrometers
Appendix B - Brewing Metallurgy
Appendix C - Chillers
Appendix D - Building a Mash/Lauter Tun
Appendix E - Metric Conversions
Appendix F - Recommended Reading
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