nianticcardplayer
Homebrewing Since 2009
Well I don't know if I stepped off the deep end or not. I brewed my first lager last night, and have it cooled down from 80 to 54 degrees in 24 hours. One question I have is that too quick of a temp bring down ?
Also for the first time I used a whirlfloc tab and I have never seen the reaction to the wort like that before. Almost looked like some kind of cottony cloud was floating in the wort and ended up in the fermentor.
I did top off to about 5 and one half gallons because it sure looks like a lot of sediment will be coming out.
This a stella clone recipe from AHS and I used two gallons of spring water and two gallons of distilled water as well as ice made from the distilled water, to help cool the wort. Yeast was the Wyeast czech pilsner pitched at 78-80 degrees..
Fermentor placed in cold place and by midnight temp was to 66 degrees this morning 54 degrees Fahrenheit.
Directions say in 7 to 10 days move to secondary.........I hope I am doing this right.....
Also for the first time I used a whirlfloc tab and I have never seen the reaction to the wort like that before. Almost looked like some kind of cottony cloud was floating in the wort and ended up in the fermentor.
I did top off to about 5 and one half gallons because it sure looks like a lot of sediment will be coming out.
This a stella clone recipe from AHS and I used two gallons of spring water and two gallons of distilled water as well as ice made from the distilled water, to help cool the wort. Yeast was the Wyeast czech pilsner pitched at 78-80 degrees..
Fermentor placed in cold place and by midnight temp was to 66 degrees this morning 54 degrees Fahrenheit.
Directions say in 7 to 10 days move to secondary.........I hope I am doing this right.....