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After lagering, do I immediately bottle or allow the wort to return to 70F? Are the bottles stored at 70F to carbonate, or back at the primary temperature?

Ok, so an O.G. of 1.041 is 5 weeks. After the diactyl rest, do I gradually change to near freezing (like 5 degrees per day) or just turn the dial all the way down at once?

I am lagering at 55F, what temperature should I raise the wort to during the diactyl rest and how quickly should I achieve this temperature? Second, how quickly should I drop the wort after the rest, and must it really get down to 35F?

This is my first lager, and I have a few questions. I have a standard Light American Lager kit and am using White Labs WLP800 Pilsner Lager Yeast. The general process is to boil, then ferment at 55 degrees until I get a stable hydro reading. Then rack to a secondary @ 35 degrees for up to a...