Diacetyl Rest

[old world beer]

I'm a little embarrassed with this question. I've been brewing for awhile now, been brewing all grain for a year now, and never heard of this. what is diacetyl rest. maybe I'm doing somthing , and have no idea what it is I'm doing. my beer is good , well i like it at least. thanks

[fretlessman71]

http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter10-4.html

Ought to tell you everything you need to know. It's a great site!

And by the way - Welcome to the board!

[HogieWan]

A diacetyl rest is only needed for lagers

[fretlessman71]

Hey, he's back! How'd you do overnight, Hogie?

[brewmonkey]

Originally posted by HogieWan
A diacetyl rest is only needed for lagers

Not quite true. Generally you do not hear of it with ales because you are already at the temp for the rest. A premature crash to conditioning temps can ruin a good beer. Just like a lager is given one you should allow for one with your ales.

[wortchillergoal]

Originally posted by brewmonkey
Not quite true. Generally you do not hear of it with ales because you are already at the temp for the rest. A premature crash to conditioning temps can ruin a good beer. Just like a lager is given one you should allow for one with your ales.

Would you mind explaining that a little more brewmonley? Aren't you crashing the temp by using a wortchiller? I don't know that I am following you train of thought in the right manner.

[Stodbrew]

Wort-

He's talking about fermentation temp. If you crash it down to 33 or so degrees prematurely, you may end up with a butter bomb.

[wortchillergoal]

Originally posted by Stodbrew
Wort-

He's talking about fermentation temp. If you crash it down to 33 or so degrees prematurely, you may end up with a butter bomb.

Thank you, got my brain train back on track.