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Anybody have any experience with this since the new laws went into effect? Seems like there are two types of serving guidelines: one for 3 2oz samples and the other for 16oz. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Count me in.

If anyone interested there is a buy 2 get one free deal on all grain kits at Northern Brewer. Would have used this myself but I just grabbed three kits from them a few weeks ago. Code is: GOWITHTHEGRAIN Coupon good through 7/13/13

Sorry if I jacked this thread....thought it was a Lager issue originally, but I guess it is really a bottling issue...DOH!

Good thing I had a controlled experiment going without knowing it :-)

Sent a few home to a buddy who helped on my last brew day. His were in the mid to upper 70's and turned out great I'll swirl and warm and RDWHAH :-)

I should add that the bottles have been around 65 and ther is no sediment at all.

Help! I made an extract with steeped grains using Wyeast Bohemian Lager Strain Primary for 2 weeks at 67 degrees. Secondary for 3 weeks at 35 degrees Bottled with 5oz corn sugar. 2 weeks......no carbonation????

Thanks Yooper. Does lagering with some headspace have a noticeable effect on the beer?

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BTW... I also am not big on the DIY. This took a total of 5 minutes to assemble.