I have a somewhat grolsch esk lager on the go that I fermented at about 11 - 12 degrees, once the SG had reached 1.018 I moved it to a warm room for about 7days, after which the SG was 1.014
since then it has been sitting in a slightly cooler part of the house (about a week), and I am wondering if it is doing the beer any good being bulk aged at higher temps, or if I may as well just bottle and get something else into the fermentor?
How much difference does the cold lagering process actually make?
Have I cheated myself out of the beer that could have been by not getting the fermented beer into a spare fridge, if so, is it to late to remedy this?
Or should I just continue to age at the current temp,
Or should I just bottle?
Thanks in advance for your advice. I would be lost without you!
since then it has been sitting in a slightly cooler part of the house (about a week), and I am wondering if it is doing the beer any good being bulk aged at higher temps, or if I may as well just bottle and get something else into the fermentor?
How much difference does the cold lagering process actually make?
Have I cheated myself out of the beer that could have been by not getting the fermented beer into a spare fridge, if so, is it to late to remedy this?
Or should I just continue to age at the current temp,
Or should I just bottle?
Thanks in advance for your advice. I would be lost without you!