DSmith

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Are there any advantages/disadvantages to transfering a lager to a secondary carboy when at diacetyl rest temp vs. upon reaching lagering temp if the beer was kept in the primary carboy during the temperature ramp-down?

solbes

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Good question, and I'll be interestd to hear the answers too. I ramped mine down in primary after diacetyl. Figured maybe I would transfer less yeast to the keg where I'm currently lagering at 35.

Thinking about it now, I suppose it's easier for the beer to pick up oxygen during transfer when it's cold? I did put a CO2 blanket in the keg prior to racking, so maybe that minizmied it some.

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Paul07293

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I cold crash after the d-rest, then into the keg. I figure I have less yeast in suspension that way. Other than that I don't think the transfer temp makes a big difference.

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