lager

I need a winter warmer for an upcoming club competition, and I have a 34/70 yeast cake from which I'm about to rack a Munich Dunkel. I figured a Baltic Porter would be a nice beer to do do--not too strong that it'll need to age a ton, not too roasty, etc. Here's what I'm thinking: 75%...

Planning on brewing the Alt.Beer out of "Brewing Classic Styles" and confused by this instruction: "Ferment at 60 degrees F. Allow the beer to lager for at least 4 weeks before bottling." I guess what has me confused is doesn't the lager process normally involve a cold fermentation, the...

Weirdest thing! The lager recipe I'm working on had me bring the wort up slowly to 65F and leave it there for two weeks. This morning was the two week mark--and haven't had a bubble for six days--so this morning I brought it down to 60F to start cold crashing. Now I'm getting a few bubbles...

Finally have a fridge just for fermenting, so I'm trying my first lager. I have no data regarding my setup, e.g., when my set the temp controller to X, how cold does it really get inside, etc. I have an older temp controller, with a dial for the target temps and the fat probe. After boil, I...

Hi There, Doing my first lager & first post, here. Made Vienna lager wort and pitched yeast at about 8pm on Sunday. It's now Friday at 10:40am, and I've just seen my first two bubbles at 9am (10 sec apart). Checked a moment ago for about a minute... nothing. I've read bubbling isn't a reliable...

So I'm thinking of making a lager in winter and I know that you roughly want 8 - 10C for fermenting. I was gonna stick the lager in the shed during winter to keep it at a cold enough temp but the only time I'll have that stable range during winter is... probably October to mid November. From...

Making a Stella Clone for the Father In law. https://beerrecipes.org/Recipe/2584/stella-clone.html OG came in a LITTLE high but I also had an extra LBS of malt to try and adjust for inefficiencies. 8 Days fermented at 53 degrees - it had pretty much stopped bubbling for 2 days (bubble every 1...

Having vast experience (decades) with brewing all-grain ales, I've finally decided to do a lager for the first time. In fact, I want to brew 2 lagers on the same day since it saves me time. So, I decided upon a Munich Helles and German Pilsner. Here's the recipes. Munich Helles 10 lbs German...

I have done a lot of search on these forums and google and have a much better understanding of lagering/diacetyl rests. But the one thing I couldn’t find is, when should I start checking gravity of my beer? I don’t want to take a sample every day as I feel that’s a waste. My goal is to get to...

Hi everyone, first sorry for my bad english, i'm french. I'm 19 years old ( don't worry in Quebec is 18yrs legal age Ha ha ) I just started Brewing, and i need few advices. I brought Black rock Mexican lager from my local brewery store with IO Star and PBW cleaner. I read everything on the...

Hi guys, I'm about to move my lager from it's secondary fermenter to the bottles to carbonate. I'll be adding gelatin in before I bottle but I understand that cold crashing may be needed to clarify the beer. I haven't large enough refridgerator space, don't have any large buckets or containers...

Hey guys I'm currently designing a multi vessel fermentation setup. I don't have the space for a chamber. I'm very space limited but have technical expertise so have decided to go DIY glycol chiller route. Glycol bath and AC on balcony, fermentation chambers just inside wall. I'm wondering if...

I'm new to lager, and my basement is a cool 55° F. Horror stories about cold fermentation are making me worry about diacetyl. I have electric heated blankets and an electric heating pad, but no InkBird or anything like that, so I'm afraid of making my lager too hot if I just let it go all day...

I recently got another ITC-308 dual stage controller for my glycol fermentation set up. I have 3 others on the system already and have had no real issues with them at all. This new unit I have, however, may be defective. when I hooked it up and configured it. it appeared to function...

So I understand that there is a longer lag time than ales when it comes to lagers, just curious if I should be worried? I pitched my yeast ~50 hours ago from when I took these pictures last night. It is aproaching 65 hours now and and used my airstone and air pump for 20 min to oxygenate prior...

I used 34/70 for a Pilsener (Pils, Vienna, Carafoam, Biscuit; Saaz and Pacific Jade) I brewed before Thanksgiving and am now getting a strong phenolic character in the beer. It was clean for several months, scored high 30s in a local competition, and had a nice lager character for that time. I...

Hey all, I made a dopplebock OG 1.084. Everything by the book been keeping it in my keezer with a temp of 47F its been fermentating for 2.5 weeks. Around week and a half into fermentation i noticed that the krausan was gone. I checked the gravity week 2 and it was at 1.051. I incresed the temp...

Hey guys, after about 10 ales under my belt, I want to give a lager a go in time for the spring. I have a dedicated mini fridge that fits my bucket and carboy, so should have temperature control figured out. I need a little help on the process, as I have seen multiple bits of advice on...

Hi: I'm about to try a Munich Helles. The instructions for rehydrating on the packages and on their website are different and Palmer's book is another version. It sounds like this is more critical for lagers than ales. Lallemand does not recommend a starter and I like simple methods. Can anyone...