yournotpeter
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This is just a silly question - but am curious to some of your thoughts. We all know that lager-style beers (Oktoberfest, Bocks, etc...) require cold-conditioning called "lagering" to clear the beer and make it more smooth. However, in looking at my process, don't my ales lager as well?
Here was my process for an IIPA I just did.....(and do for almost every other beer as well)
1) I rack from my fermenter into a keg
2) Put the keg in my kegerator (around 40 degrees), purge the air with C02, and then after a day I hook up C02 to carb
3) Let it condition for 4 weeks or so and then serve
So, technically, am I "lagering" my ales? Or...am I using the same process that you do to lager a beer with lager yeast...but I'm not doing it for clarity purposes?
I know this is neither here nor there...but something I just always questioned regarding the verbage and processes we use in brewing. I think there is a fundamental difference between the process called "lagering" and the style of beer called a "lager"
Here was my process for an IIPA I just did.....(and do for almost every other beer as well)
1) I rack from my fermenter into a keg
2) Put the keg in my kegerator (around 40 degrees), purge the air with C02, and then after a day I hook up C02 to carb
3) Let it condition for 4 weeks or so and then serve
So, technically, am I "lagering" my ales? Or...am I using the same process that you do to lager a beer with lager yeast...but I'm not doing it for clarity purposes?
I know this is neither here nor there...but something I just always questioned regarding the verbage and processes we use in brewing. I think there is a fundamental difference between the process called "lagering" and the style of beer called a "lager"