I've had a lager on my mini brew for 2 weeks. The fermentation was completed in 4 days but i've kept it in the minibrew and dumping the yeast for 2 weeks but i am done dumping all the yeast. Is 2 weeks enough to keg or should i leave it longer for ageing..
is 2 week enough for a lager
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The word lager, means "to store."
You need to leave your lager in the cold for a couple of months. This allows the beer to condition and clean up the byproducts of fermentation that lager yeast produces.
You need to leave your lager in the cold for a couple of months. This allows the beer to condition and clean up the byproducts of fermentation that lager yeast produces.
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I usually do my bulk aging in the keg. That being said 2 weeks is pretty quick even for an ale let alone a lager. You might want to wait longer for a lager. It's a shame to drink an entire keg of green beer and the only the last few pints taste like it's done..
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Was it really a lager or a lager kit? What was your fermentation temp? I've got 5 lagers right now though in different stages and they were just getting cranked at 4 days. It's not until about 3 weeks that the yeast starts to drop.
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Mine are horrible at 5 weeks, in 6 weeks I can drink it, it takes a couple of weeks to get to the bottom of the keg. The last draw is actually really good.
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Lagering times vary depending on the beer. One could make a lager that can finish lagering in 2 weeks. For example, if one brewed a very light lager with a low OG (1.030s) and high attenuation (low dextrin content), that could lager for two weeks and be ready to bottle/keg.
For the average lager though, 1 week for every 8 points of OG is a good rule of thumb.
For the average lager though, 1 week for every 8 points of OG is a good rule of thumb.
