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How Ales & Lagers Are Fermented

April 25, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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Today’s infographic is How Ales & Lagers are Fermented, and though I don’t know who created it, I found on Planet Beer. The illustration shows some of the basic differences in the brewing process between ales and lagers.

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Click here to see the illustration full size.

Filed Under: Beers, Just For Fun Tagged With: Brewing Equipment, Infographics, Science of Brewing



Comments

  1. john says

    April 25, 2013 at 12:56 pm

    when Ale yeast dies it falls to the bottom.

    • Josiah says

      April 25, 2013 at 4:29 pm

      When ale yeast run out of food their metabolism slows down, they become dormant and fall to the bottom. Death is usually a misnomer in normal fermentation

  2. Bill says

    April 25, 2013 at 3:48 pm

    Apparently Lagers don’t form a krausen. Guess I’ve been doing it wrong all these years.

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