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I'm using the kolsch yeast.. I'll warm it up closer to 60?

Its my first time brewing a psuedo-lager. Do I need to do a diacetyl rest? Warm back up to room temp for a few days? Or can I keg after 2-3 weeks and lager? I'm fermenting at roughly 52degrees. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

So I pulled a sample of the red trolley clone and it's not bad. It has a great red color and it definitely tastes like an amber. However, I think it tastes much darker and heavier than an actual red trolley beer. It's still a little green and could benefit from some additional aging but overall...

I'm going to put the keg in the kegerator tonight and will give an update in the next few days.

I brewed an 11 Gallon Batch of the same recipe recently and got my FG down to 1.015. I wasn't aware that Crystal doesn't ferment out well when i brewed the beer, but hit nearly the same FG. I guess it is possible? I was worried that my batch was ruined after reading the posts on here after I...

I'm planning on making this within the next few weeks. I've never really made a lager (i know this is psuedo-lager). Following completion of fermentation, I only have space to lager 1 keg at a time. Will it hurt the beer, or make it funky, if i cold condition for a week or two prior to drinking...

I'm planning on giving this one a brew this weekend. Was looking to see if anybody had any updated recipes or suggestions. I'm going to try this: 11 Gallon Batch 11# 2 Row Malt 6.5# Caramel/Crystal 80L 4.5# Caramel/Crystal 60L 2# Biscuit Malt 1# Carapils Malt 1.25oz Williamette 60...

I'm getting married in 3 Weeks and need to Carbonate a few 5 Gallon Corny Kegs relatively fast to get them ready for the festivities. I've been kegging beer for a while and usually use the shake method once the kegs are cold. I don't have the space to cool all my kegs prior to carbonating and...

I recently gave my old cooler mash tun away and built a new one. I decided to build the very popluar Coleman Xtreme Mash Tun. The cooler lid closes tight, however once the mash begins, the lid does not close tight due to the heat (my guess?). Which leaves a gap that allows heat to escape...

I'm going to keg 10 gallons of hefeweizen this weekend and would really like to use the Yeast Cakes left in the buckets (2) 5 gallon buckets). Anybody know of a good recipe or style of beer that would work well on the yeast cakes left over from my White Labs 300 Hefeweizen yeast cakes? The...