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Voss Kveik ceiling temperature

Post by andrewhines1984 » Mon Jan 27, 2020 6:50 pm

Hey, I pitched Voss kveik at 40C yesterday, but haven’t seen any fermentation action even close to what I was expecting - it’s been pretty slow.

Last time I used Voss, I pitched at 32 and within an hour my airlock was bubbling at a ridiculous rate.

Anyone have any experience with Voss and has found a “sweet spot” temperature?


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Re: Voss Kveik ceiling temperature

Post by mdentremont » Mon Jan 27, 2020 7:46 pm

Is it possible that it finished overnight? I had a batch accidentally get bumped up to 50C, and it finished fermenting overnight, we never saw any airlock activity because if finished so quick!

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Post by andrewhines1984 » Mon Jan 27, 2020 8:17 pm

Yikes, that didn’t even cross my mind as a possibility. Will check the gravity. How did that turn out?


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Re: Voss Kveik ceiling temperature

Post by mdentremont » Mon Jan 27, 2020 8:37 pm

Decent - it did weird things with the bitter orange additions, it scored around 34, but I entered it in the wrong category so that super burned me.

Also noteworthy was that it is probably the clearest beer I've ever made, and without any lagering.

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Re: Voss Kveik ceiling temperature

Post by andrewhines1984 » Mon Jan 27, 2020 9:05 pm

OG was 1.064, it’s sitting at 1.030 now, so it’s presumably still got some chugging to do.

I will say that I notice the orange a lot more than my last batch (perhaps a result of the higher temp?).

I’m excited for this one to finish up. Should be good.


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Re: Voss Kveik ceiling temperature

Post by KMcK » Tue Jan 28, 2020 12:45 am

mdentremont wrote:
Mon Jan 27, 2020 7:46 pm
I had a batch accidentally get bumped up to 50C, and it finished fermenting overnight, we never saw any airlock activity because if finished so quick!
Do you live in a sauna? Hmmm, maybe this yeast is actually from Finland.
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Re: Voss Kveik ceiling temperature

Post by mdentremont » Tue Jan 28, 2020 12:48 am

KMcK wrote:
mdentremont wrote:
Mon Jan 27, 2020 7:46 pm
I had a batch accidentally get bumped up to 50C, and it finished fermenting overnight, we never saw any airlock activity because if finished so quick!
Do you live in a sauna? Hmmm, maybe this yeast is actually from Finland.
Two heat belts, didn't think it would hit that high, used my temp controller on the Belgian I was fermenting at the same time.

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Re: Voss Kveik ceiling temperature

Post by danlatimer » Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:24 am

Sometimes if the seal on your fermentor is going the gas will escape around the lid instead of through the airlock

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Post by jacinthebox » Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:36 am

I've fermented at 43C ...does horrible things to a hoppy NEIPA lol
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Re: Voss Kveik ceiling temperature

Post by andrewhines1984 » Thu Jan 30, 2020 2:32 pm

danlatimer wrote:Sometimes if the seal on your fermentor is going the gas will escape around the lid instead of through the airlock
That might be going on, though I have seen some bubble action.


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Re: Voss Kveik ceiling temperature

Post by andrewhines1984 » Thu Jan 30, 2020 2:32 pm

jacinthebox wrote:I've fermented at 43C ...does horrible things to a hoppy NEIPA lol
Was that using a kveik strain?


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Re: Voss Kveik ceiling temperature

Post by jacinthebox » Fri Jan 31, 2020 10:15 am

andrewhines1984 wrote:
Thu Jan 30, 2020 2:32 pm
jacinthebox wrote:I've fermented at 43C ...does horrible things to a hoppy NEIPA lol
Was that using a kveik strain?


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Re: Voss Kveik ceiling temperature

Post by MitchK » Thu Jul 02, 2020 10:28 pm

I pitched a 4L starter of voss kveik (from a single homebrew vial, done on a stirplate) into 750L at 35c, it free rose to about 39 and then dropped back down to my 20c-ish ambient temp. Uninsulated stainless steel flat bottom wine tank. I do think you can get weird flavours with these yeasts if they stay hot after they're done or almost done so I wouldn't actively heat a ferment with them personally (maybe stick your bucket in a sleeping bag to emulate the extra thermal mass of a larger ferment letting it stay hot a little longer) and instead just pitch hot and let it ride.

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