BillTheSlink
Well-Known Member
Firstly, I am amusing if you're going to lager the first time and you have a Munich Helles and a Bock to chose from you would chose the Bock to do first as it might mask mistakes more than the Helles, right?
Secondly, I will be doing the "Low Tech Lagering" setup from the "Basic Homebrewing" guys' DVD (round 10 gallon Igloo water cooler holds the fermenter while a cube cooler holds ice water that's pumped via a pond pump controlled by a temp controller into and out of the Igloo through cooper coils). I have bought two of the the temp controllers that's in the gray metal box with a dial. A podcast I heard says you want your temp controller in your beer, not your ambient temperature, which wasn't how the Basic Brewing Guys were doing it, but everything can be improved upon. I will be using an ale pail for primary and a glass 5 gallon carboy for secondary lagering. Can anyone think of a way to get the probe into the bucket and carboy?
Secondly, I will be doing the "Low Tech Lagering" setup from the "Basic Homebrewing" guys' DVD (round 10 gallon Igloo water cooler holds the fermenter while a cube cooler holds ice water that's pumped via a pond pump controlled by a temp controller into and out of the Igloo through cooper coils). I have bought two of the the temp controllers that's in the gray metal box with a dial. A podcast I heard says you want your temp controller in your beer, not your ambient temperature, which wasn't how the Basic Brewing Guys were doing it, but everything can be improved upon. I will be using an ale pail for primary and a glass 5 gallon carboy for secondary lagering. Can anyone think of a way to get the probe into the bucket and carboy?