Happy 4th of July!
I just racked my first California Common to the keg after 29 days in primary. I'm concerned about my lack of temperature control- from 59 to 72 degrees during that time. I tried the fantastic water fermentation cooler by jcarson33 and learned I'm no thermodynamicist (make sure the volume of cooling water around your carboy is less than the carboy itself). I ended up with a big Rubbermade full of water and swapping coldpacks twice a day. Tough to do when I got stuck at work, etc. I tasted my FG sample and there's some rough spots.
The result of this extract brew:
OG= 1.051
FG= 1.010
AABV= 5.38%
Attenuation= 80% (thanks to Death Brewer's calculator)
So here's the question: do I let the CC lager in the kegerator for 6-8 weeks with just the CO2 I used to purge the keg, or do I carb it at serving pressure (11psi) the whole time and start tasting in month?
This place is awesome and I've learned aton searching this place. Thanks everyone
I just racked my first California Common to the keg after 29 days in primary. I'm concerned about my lack of temperature control- from 59 to 72 degrees during that time. I tried the fantastic water fermentation cooler by jcarson33 and learned I'm no thermodynamicist (make sure the volume of cooling water around your carboy is less than the carboy itself). I ended up with a big Rubbermade full of water and swapping coldpacks twice a day. Tough to do when I got stuck at work, etc. I tasted my FG sample and there's some rough spots.
The result of this extract brew:
OG= 1.051
FG= 1.010
AABV= 5.38%
Attenuation= 80% (thanks to Death Brewer's calculator)
So here's the question: do I let the CC lager in the kegerator for 6-8 weeks with just the CO2 I used to purge the keg, or do I carb it at serving pressure (11psi) the whole time and start tasting in month?
This place is awesome and I've learned aton searching this place. Thanks everyone