Stand
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This is my first lager after 10 years of making ales, and I used L28 Urkel.
I have gone from 1.048 to 1.015 (FG is supposed to go to 1.012) in 4 days! I'm using L28 Urkel @54 degrees. I calculated the yeast starter and hit my numbers, so I don't think it's that, but I'm shocked how fast it is going. Anybody have experience with this? I usually raise temp at the end of my ale fermentations to give the yeast a boost, can I go ahead and ramp temp to start a diacetyl rest let it go for awhile longer?
I was really expecting things to take weeks and weeks. I had active fermentation going right at 14 hour mark, and no experience with lager yeasts at all.
Thanks!
I have gone from 1.048 to 1.015 (FG is supposed to go to 1.012) in 4 days! I'm using L28 Urkel @54 degrees. I calculated the yeast starter and hit my numbers, so I don't think it's that, but I'm shocked how fast it is going. Anybody have experience with this? I usually raise temp at the end of my ale fermentations to give the yeast a boost, can I go ahead and ramp temp to start a diacetyl rest let it go for awhile longer?
I was really expecting things to take weeks and weeks. I had active fermentation going right at 14 hour mark, and no experience with lager yeasts at all.
Thanks!