High(ish) temp success

[Undertaker]

Well I just made up some CFW yesterday (4 x 20l buckets) 1st gen, and after mixing the cooked Cornies with the hot sugar solution and topping up with cold water, the temp was at 45 C.
I let it sit until it was time to close up the shed and put the dogs away, and get dinner sorted, (6ish) but because it was a nice sunny day today the temp wasnt dropping in the shed, or the buckets, very much. I pitched the yeast (Lowans) at 40 C anyway. My thoughts were that if it failed I could repitch in the morning and there would be some extra nutrients in there as well. But Lo and behold, I have 4 nice frothy buckets this morning! Not suggesting that everyone try this or that its not damaging but it seems that Lowans, at least, can tolerate a little bit of extra heat.

Cheers Phil

[bayshine]

Yep she's good gear the old lowans, I've been starting my rum washes at about 42'c and she go's great :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[hoochlover]

Some yeasts do best in regards to speed at around 45 degrees according to some studies I have seen. Unfortunately there isn't much discussion on "other things" in most of these studies I read so it might not be the best in regards to taste. I suspect Lowans is one of these yeasts that can perform fast around 40C .

What was the taste like on this batch Undertaker? Any differences on the distilling you noticed?

[Undertaker]

Gday Hooch,
That batch is on oak at the moment. Will be sampling some in another couple of weeks.
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....Purely to test for any difference as a result of the high pitching temp :teasing-tease:

Cheers Phil

[hoochlover]

Gday Hooch,
That batch is on oak at the moment. Will be sampling some in another couple of weeks.
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....Purely to test for any difference as a result of the high pitching temp :teasing-tease:

Cheers Phil

Sounds nice Phil, yes does the testing for science! ;)

Was there any noticeable differences in the heads/tails you collected or just business as usual?

[Undertaker]

Nah pretty much the usual taste.
I just gave the bottles a shake today and the sniff test was pretty good! I wonder if I can wait another 2 weeks for tasing?

Cheers Phil