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Contents:
  Does dry hopping add flavor? (Jim D)
  Opinion on yeast? (Josh Knarr)


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Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:48:52 -0500
From: Jim D <goswell at hotmail.com>
Subject: Does dry hopping add flavor?



You always here how dry hopping a beer will add a wonderful aroma to the
finished product but it's never mention whether or not it will add any
flavor.  I love a nice pale ale with very strong hop flavor but since I
brew for myself and not competitions I'm not really concerned with the
aroma.  I'm wondering if I can skip the costs and hassles of dry hopping 
without sacrificing that nice hop flavor.  So I guess the question is do
you need to isomerize the hops in boiling wort to extract the flavor? 



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Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:32:07 -0400
From: Josh Knarr <josh.knarr at gmail.com>
Subject: Opinion on yeast?

Hello, Great and Powerful HBD, repository of knowledge of the beer gnostics!

I finally got a house. In my basement there's a chest freezer which I
told my wife was "for meat". I have one of those thermal probes on
order from NB and their boch lager kit (Item No: U1360).

Their instructions, unfortunately, are lacking:
http://legacy.northernbrewer.com/docs/kis-html/1361.html

A few questions:
I opted for Saflager S-23 and passed on Wyeast #2206 Bavarian Lager
Yeast. With no previous experience with either of these, I'm not sure
if this was the best idea. Anyone have opinions?

Fermentation temp for lagering - start out at room temp for a week
then put it in the freezer? Drop the temp to "as low as it will go"?
The Palmer Book suggests fermenting at 45F to 55F for three weeks then
coming up to whatever temp is listed as optimal. Am I reading this
correctly?
(http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter10-4.html) I'm uncomfortable
since the Palmer book uses the 45F to 55F consistently to lager while
the Saflager packet has a much higher range on it.

Lager brewers, input is appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Josh

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