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I'm gearing up for some Octoberfest festivities and want to do some german brew - ie pilsner, weissbier, bock, helles...etc..and alot of these recipes call for them to be lagered for at least 1-2 months, and quite frankly i can't be bothered.
I'll be using the saf-lager 23 —mainly cause i have a few dry packs i want to get rid of — and my question is, do you reckin i can ferment for 2-3 weeks at lager temps? I'd like to tap the cornies the last week of September. I'm working on my Pilsner recipe now, and will look at the helles and bock later today
this is the recipe for a 10 gal batch —other than the dry yeast being a downside, is there any reason why i couldn't quick lager for about 2-3 weeks?
Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 11.69 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 10.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.054 SG
Estimated Color: 3.3 SRM
Estimated IBU: 57.2 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 75.6 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
20 lbs Pilsner (Weyermann) (1.7 SRM) Grain 1 100.0 %
6.00 oz Hallertau [4.50 %] - Boil 90.0 min Hop 2 52.6 IBUs
1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 3 -
1.00 oz Hallertau [4.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 4 4.1 IBUs
1.50 oz Hallertau [4.50 %] - Boil 1.0 min Hop 5 0.5 IBUs
1.0 pkg SafLager 23 West European Lager 6 -
Any thoughts?
I'll be using the saf-lager 23 —mainly cause i have a few dry packs i want to get rid of — and my question is, do you reckin i can ferment for 2-3 weeks at lager temps? I'd like to tap the cornies the last week of September. I'm working on my Pilsner recipe now, and will look at the helles and bock later today
this is the recipe for a 10 gal batch —other than the dry yeast being a downside, is there any reason why i couldn't quick lager for about 2-3 weeks?
Recipe Specifications
--------------------------
Boil Size: 11.69 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 10.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.054 SG
Estimated Color: 3.3 SRM
Estimated IBU: 57.2 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 75.6 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes
Ingredients:
------------
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
20 lbs Pilsner (Weyermann) (1.7 SRM) Grain 1 100.0 %
6.00 oz Hallertau [4.50 %] - Boil 90.0 min Hop 2 52.6 IBUs
1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 3 -
1.00 oz Hallertau [4.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 4 4.1 IBUs
1.50 oz Hallertau [4.50 %] - Boil 1.0 min Hop 5 0.5 IBUs
1.0 pkg SafLager 23 West European Lager 6 -
Any thoughts?