fungusamungas
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Been doing some digging on various web sites about lager fermentation. I currently age a lager in primary for around three weeks, after two day diacetyl rest at room temp, rack and lager in secondary for four weeks around 40 degrees. After I bottle I will allow two weeks for carbonation at room temp and then cold storeage, around 55 degrees for 4-5 weeks more, quite a long time to wait.
Now I've been reading how some brewers advocate just cooling the beer for much shorter time in secondary then bottle, having the longer lager time during bottle condition time. Maybe temps could be lowered to 40 or less degrees during bottle conditioning. I have noticed the beer at bottling time tasted great, just alittle flat, then the second week after bottling, you could taste "green beer", the priming suger created another mini fermentation, kind of negating all the lagering time in secondary.
To sum it up, perhaps the greater lager time should be during bottle conditioning not in secondary lagering, has any one experimented with this,
cheers
Now I've been reading how some brewers advocate just cooling the beer for much shorter time in secondary then bottle, having the longer lager time during bottle condition time. Maybe temps could be lowered to 40 or less degrees during bottle conditioning. I have noticed the beer at bottling time tasted great, just alittle flat, then the second week after bottling, you could taste "green beer", the priming suger created another mini fermentation, kind of negating all the lagering time in secondary.
To sum it up, perhaps the greater lager time should be during bottle conditioning not in secondary lagering, has any one experimented with this,
cheers