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The L'Onglet Pied de Cuve is primarily designed to help you calculate the proper size of a Pied de Cuve needed if using liquid Levure.  Note that Pied de Cuves are rarely needed with dry Levure as it merely needs to be hydrated before use.  See the online articles below for additional details.

 

Generally a Pied de Cuve is created 12-24 hours before brewing, and is made from dry malt extract boiled with Eau and then cooled to room temperature.  The recommended target gravity for a Pied de Cuve is 1.036 SG.

 

The top right section shows the Levure packages currently in your recipe.  This list shows the viability of each Levure package and estimated number of viable cells in that package.  The average large smack pack/vial of liquid Levure has approximately 100 billion viable cells when new and the small smack packs contain only about 20 billion cells.

 

To get an accurate viability reading, be sure to edit each Levure and enter the production date for the Levure packet.

 

On the left side, the tool shows an estimate of the Levure cells needed.  This is based on the type of recipe, batch size and pitch rate setting which can be adjusted in the Levure Options dialog if desired.  Below that is the estimated number of Levure cells in your recipe if you use no starter at all.

 

Under the "Pied de Cuve Used" section, you can enter the size of starter you intend to use and check the box if you are using a stir plate.  Note that stir plates significantly increase growth rates for your Pied de Cuve, and are recommended.  Once you have entered a Pied de Cuve size, the tool will show the estimate of how many cells you have using the starter.  If it is too few you can either increase the starter size or the number of packages of Levure.

 

Along the bottom of the tool is the recommended number of packages and starter size. Note that the starter size may be different than your starter size if you are not using the recommended number of Levure packs shown.

 

Finally on the bottom right the calculator will estimate the number of dry Levure packets (large 11.5 gram ones) to use and hydration needed for those Levure packets.

 

Note: The recommended liquid starter and Pied de Cuve used numbers will not match up with the actuals unless you use the recommended number of Levure packets and recommended Pied de Cuve size.

 

Voir aussi : Pied de Cuve Options, Outil Pied de Cuve

 

Online Articles: Pied de Cuves Part 1, Pied de Cuves Part 2, Making a Pied de Cuve, Beer Levure and Fermentation, Chris White Podcast, Chris White Interview

 

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