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thanks again to all the input. There is sooo much to learn....

I mashed at 130 for 15 min then brought it up to 150 for an hour. It came down to 148 by the time I drained and sparged. I had a stuck sparge for the second running, so it sat around longer than I had wanted, as I had to stir it and let it resettle. I had originally brought up the temp to 170...

Awesome! Thanks for the help!

Here's what I did

Ive got about 6 ales behind me, and I figure I'd try my hand at a lager. I brewed 6 days ago, and put the brew in a converted freezer/fermentation chamber at 54-55 degrees (optimal for my yeast strain) . For the 1st 4 days, it was bubbling vigorously. Last night when I checked - dead. No...