Lager Yeast

[HogieWan]

In "The Joy of Homebrewing," there's a nice little collection of recipes. In all of the lager recipes, Papasian suggests primary fermentation at ale temps and then secondary at cold temps, if you can. As a Louisina resident, lagering is too much trouble, but how bad could a beer get if you used lager yeast at that high of a temp.
I know steam beer uses a lager strain at higher temps. WYeast suggests up to 65. What happens if I fermented with that yeast at 70-74?

[Tweek]

Originally posted by HogieWan
What happens if I fermented with that yeast at 70-74?

You end up with a beer that has ale like qualities. The clean profile of lager yeast is only achieved via low fermentation temps as far as I know.

[HogieWan]

is there any benefit from using a lager yeast at these temps? Papasian seems to think so.

[Tweek]

Well there is always certain profiles that you can get from certain yeasts, so using a any specific yeast will contribute unique characteristics to beer.

Charlie is definately more knowedgable than I am but I take everything he says with a grain of salt.

[HogieWan]

Originally posted by Tweek
Charlie is definately more knowedgable than I am but I take everything he says with a grain of salt.


The more I brew, the more salt I need reading his book