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I want to get into lagering more seriously and fermenting at true lager temps, pitching around 50, and being patient for uber long conditioning periods.
Anywho, I have no idea how to get 5 gallon of boiled wort down to 50° using an immersion chiller and tap water. For an approach like that it could take something alot more efficient than my coil.
This is my idea. On day 1, I do the first half of the batch. I do a partial boil and I top off with ice cold water after pre-chilling the wort and I should be able to get it close to 50° I think. I'll treat this as a big starter. Then like 2 days later I do the remaining boil and top that off with ice cold water and get that around 50°. Then I combine the two batches.
Calculating IBU's is a nightmare doing this I know, but it's a lager, so who cares. Gravity will be simple because it'll be extract. My only real concern if that would actually be too big of a starter and may end up pooping the yeast out.
Anywho, I have no idea how to get 5 gallon of boiled wort down to 50° using an immersion chiller and tap water. For an approach like that it could take something alot more efficient than my coil.
This is my idea. On day 1, I do the first half of the batch. I do a partial boil and I top off with ice cold water after pre-chilling the wort and I should be able to get it close to 50° I think. I'll treat this as a big starter. Then like 2 days later I do the remaining boil and top that off with ice cold water and get that around 50°. Then I combine the two batches.
Calculating IBU's is a nightmare doing this I know, but it's a lager, so who cares. Gravity will be simple because it'll be extract. My only real concern if that would actually be too big of a starter and may end up pooping the yeast out.