psymn
Well-Known Member
Here's the story:
I went to transfer a amber ale into a keg the other day. I grabbed the only unlabeled carboy in my lagering chest and siphoned it into a keg (never mind why I had an ale in the lagering chest, it's a long story) I placed the keg on a 14 psi line for a few days and drew a beer about a week later to test the carbonation.
Imagine my surprise when I relaized that this wasn't an ale at all, it was an oktoberfest that was mislabeled (apparently I labeled the amber ale as oktoberfest). This beer had only been in the lager chest for about 10 days when it was carbonated.
What are my options? Should I uncarbonate the beer and lager it in the keg? Do I need to pitch more yeast? Can I lager the beer once it is carbonated?
Thanks,
Matt
I went to transfer a amber ale into a keg the other day. I grabbed the only unlabeled carboy in my lagering chest and siphoned it into a keg (never mind why I had an ale in the lagering chest, it's a long story) I placed the keg on a 14 psi line for a few days and drew a beer about a week later to test the carbonation.
Imagine my surprise when I relaized that this wasn't an ale at all, it was an oktoberfest that was mislabeled (apparently I labeled the amber ale as oktoberfest). This beer had only been in the lager chest for about 10 days when it was carbonated.
What are my options? Should I uncarbonate the beer and lager it in the keg? Do I need to pitch more yeast? Can I lager the beer once it is carbonated?
Thanks,
Matt