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Looks like the krausen went down and the hydrometer says 1.022 so I started warming it up.

Yes, I did notice that most of the lagering coils sold are stainless. I plan on buying one for next time.

Yeah, it's unmalted whole wheat berries. I got it for baking but wanted to see if I could brew with it.

I saw some for sale and then found some instructions online. I didn't think copper would be an issue because that's what my wort chiller is made out of.

I have a 55# of maris otter and I just picked up a 50# bag of soft white wheat. I would like to brew a kriek or heffeweizan and was wonder how I could use my wheat to accomplish one of those goals. I have 1056 american ale, Imeperial Sour Batch F08, and German lager WLP830 yeast options...

If I lagered in secondary with the coil would it still carbonate if bottled or would the yeast have are dropped out at that point? Worst case scenario I lager the bottles in coolers but it would be easier to keep it one container. Whenever I've made ale I kept it in the basement, is the need for...

This is what it looks like now. The hydrometer said 1.040. The end package will be bottles.

The airlock is bubbling once every four seconds, I'm gonna take a hydrometer reading tomorrow. While I was at work it went up to 60F I had my daughter swap out the ice bottles and it's back down to 52F now.

Unfortunately, I don't have a keg or fridge space to lager in bottles. I'm using a copper coil hooked to a pump in ice water. After the diacetyl rest should I lager on the yeast or transfer to secondary?

Would I determine the need for a diacetyl rest by tasting/smelling? Would it hurt to do it if it doesn't need it? Right now it smells pretty sulphury. I brewed on Sunday but it was like 2 AM by the time I pitched.

This is the first time with this recipe so I'm sure what the finishing gravity should be. This is the recipe Brewfather I copied it from a YouTuber with a couple changes. I don't have it in front of me but I think the OG was 1.057.

I'm doing a lager for the first time with an Oktoberfest and was curious about when to do the diacetyl rest. I'm using White Labs Oktoberfest yeast. I pitched a little warm at 60F but lowered to 52F. Also, when do I rack to secondary?

On Friday night I made some hopped starter to try and get some wild yeast. After the boil I poured it in a quart Mason jar. After sitting in the jar for a little bit I notice a lot of junk on the bottom. I decanted the the clear wort and reboiled. I discarded what was left in the jar and cleaned...

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