BJBrewer
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I have been wanting to brew a lager or bock beer for some time now. I got me a frige that gets down into the 40s. I have brewed lots of ales, but my question is how do I go about getting the wort cooled down to a point were I can pitch the yeast. I have a chiller, but I live in arizona were the cold water form the hose is like 80 deg! If I can chill my wort down to the 80 deg and then transfer it to a primary, pop in the frige, let it chill down to the proper lager temp. 50s-60s? Then dump the yeast? let it ferment in the frig and then transfer it to a secondary? I have some something about a rest period at room temp. Just seems like so much work! Can some one help me ou? Thanks for much!