Okay I made a mistake and bought a recipe kit for a Oktoberfest lager. The problem is that I do not have a way to maintain temperatures required to lager. The best I can do is put my carboy in a tub with some frozen 2 liter bottles. Here is a link to the recipe:
http://www.brew-winemaking.com/ProductPDF/6379.pdf
My plan is to just make the beer as though it was is an ale and not worry too much about it, it should still be beer right? A mild concern is that the yeast I have is labeled as lager yeast, so it may want lower temperatures.
I am open to suggestions here, is there anything about making it as an ale that will mess it up? If I must I can probably pick up some ale yeast from my LHBS, but I'd rather not as it is a trip with Atlanta traffic.
Anyways wish me luck!
http://www.brew-winemaking.com/ProductPDF/6379.pdf
My plan is to just make the beer as though it was is an ale and not worry too much about it, it should still be beer right? A mild concern is that the yeast I have is labeled as lager yeast, so it may want lower temperatures.
I am open to suggestions here, is there anything about making it as an ale that will mess it up? If I must I can probably pick up some ale yeast from my LHBS, but I'd rather not as it is a trip with Atlanta traffic.
Anyways wish me luck!