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My temp control was a very steady 55F for fermentation. Not really sure why the G didn't go lower. The Notty helped a bit, but not significantly. I gave it a bit more time and it didn't drop below 1.022. I filtered and carbed 2 nights ago and it tastes pretty good. A little green still, but i...

I did a SG reading tonight and I've dropped 2 points down to 1.022, it's not what I was hoping for, but the lager has a nice clean taste and doesn't seem too sweet to me. I'm going to cold crash and filter it now and hope for the best. Maybe I can get down to 1.020 by the end of it all.

I pitched the Nottingham tonight. I brought the beer temp up to 70 and the yeast starter down to 75ish before i pitched. I didn't end up cooling it with beer, instead I used a pan full of ice water to cool down my pitching glass from 90 to 75 over the course of 10 minutes or so. I took another...

I went to my lhbs and bought a packet of Nottingham yeast to try and finish it down another 10 points or so. The packet states to use wort to cool down the starter. Would it be ok to to pull from my secondary to cool the strain and then add it back to the corny? I will sanitize my gear, but...

well, my lhbs did not recommend the lager, that was my bright idea. anyway, assuming my SG stays at 1.024 for a few days, is there anything I can do such as pitching more yeast to bring it down further? what about adding more IBU's to counter act the sweetness?

I racked it off last night into a corny, which is when I took the 1.024 reading. I had taken a reading a week before after the airlock stopped bubbling at 1.026. My local homebrew shop insured me 2 packs of the saflager was more than enough, but it's possible I did not aerate enough before...

I am in the process of brewing my first beer, a Marzen Lager (yes, bad choice for 1st beer, but all the same) and my FG is at 1.024 after I correct for temp and offset on my hydrometer. Unfortunately I forgot to take an OG, but the recipe says it is 1.052. Primary was at 55° F for a little...