My Marzen has been fermenting for 10 days at 48 deg. Yeast is the Wyeat equivalent of WLP838. OG was 1.057. I took a gravity reading today to see if it was ready for a d-rest and it was at 1.049, with some krausening still present. I did NOT use a starter (I also didn't use a starter for my first lager--a rauchbier that had a similar projected ABV).
I pitched warm (it's Phoenix--getting the wort down below 70 is extremely difficult) and waiting for airlock activity before putting it into the kegerator. The activity was still going with bubbles every 15 seconds or so when I checked on Sunday evening.
The taste was sweeter than would be expected, which I attribute to fermentation not being complete.
So my question is--am I going to get down to the predicted FG (1.014) without some "help". Am I panicking a bit too early?
I pitched warm (it's Phoenix--getting the wort down below 70 is extremely difficult) and waiting for airlock activity before putting it into the kegerator. The activity was still going with bubbles every 15 seconds or so when I checked on Sunday evening.
The taste was sweeter than would be expected, which I attribute to fermentation not being complete.
So my question is--am I going to get down to the predicted FG (1.014) without some "help". Am I panicking a bit too early?