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I think you gave me a good idea. I can use one of those containers and place it in the fridge. I'll probably only need a couple of frozen water jugs to get the temp down to 39F.

how many frozen bottles did you use? Also, how much of a difference will the beer be lagering at 46 F? Sometimes my fridge will go lower, if I don't open the door up. Right now the temp is reading 41 on my fridge.

I have my 5 Gal Pilsner kit lagering in my wine fridge at 46 F, but it doesn't go any lower. I'm wondering if I should perhaps move it outside to a large storage bin that we have, or I could put it into a car that doesn't move, in our drive way. My concern with the moving it outside is the...

I also see a lot of these belgians in 11.2 oz bottles, but they seem to be thicker material.

Is it worth the 40 extra bucs though?

That's a little worrisome for me, seeing that I don't have any 25 oz bottles. I was talking with the lady at the LHBS who is one of the authors of the book "Beer Captured" where I got the recipe from, and she said I could wait as long as a week, if I was worried about bottle bombs. I guess...

I made a batch, but my wort is extremely hot and I don't have time to do an ice bath. Can I pitch the yeast I just rehydrated later tonight? Can I keep it covered at room temp, or should I put it in the fridge?

The problem is that by the time the lager finishes you could have done 2 ales. Also, I don't have space for a 3rd fermenter

What kind of yeast did you use? I'm guessing it should start up at any moment. I've only done one lager myself, but over 20 ale batches. I'm curious as to how long I should actually lager with a low gravity beer of 1.040 that I have. I'm planning on 3-4 weeks. I won't be doing too many...

what I meant to say, is that I didn't do a SG reading yet, but did an OG reading, and wasn't sure if I should go ahead and do one for the hell of it to see where it's at. Seeing that I didn't do a starter and it's a higher gravity brew, I'm a little worried. The instructions have me pitching...

Well, pluging the data with the software, is there a need for a hydrometer?

Anyone? I need some advice here. Thanks!

So as long as I have the OG in brix, there's no need for a hydrometer? Granted, I'm gonna use one in the beginning to test it for accuracy.

I had mine at room temp for the first day and 1/2 before it showed any activity.

I can't cancel it, the order already went through. I will test it. I have 14 days to try it out.

Damn that sucks. maybe I should cancel it. Hopefully the brix scale is accurate

You need the OG to convert right?

I decided to go with the dual scale one from Honk Kong, figuring that I will need to use some software to do the conversion. How do you do the conversion?

Do you mean, don't worry about oxidation with the airlock on, or put the solid bung and not worry about it?

Both of these have automatic temp correction, and a dual scale