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i have thought about doing this with my primary buckets.... never attempted though. i did price out tank heaters at petsmart... makes sense to me, give it a shot and let us know... :rockin:

thanks... the close brew shop only had Wyeast 2112 California Lager. the far brew shop has White Labs 800 Pilsner Lager. I wanted Wyeast 2007 Pilsner, but they are often out of exactly what you are looking for.. I think I want the White Labs, and the Wyeast website says the...

So you let the batch of beer you just brewed wait 3-4 days before you pitch the starter? I get that it sits at 48*.. i am gonna do my first lager this weekend, and am searching the site right now in case i have to make a starter tonight for pitching this saturday evening.. I like your idea...

awesome. any thoughts on yeast? i am totally unfamiliar with lager yeasts

One of my favorite lager styles.. Great beer. Scrimshaw.. I am trying my first lager this weekend. I've become pretty familiar with IPA recipes and getting there with stout recipes... All thru trial and error, etc.. Although I've seen many lager recipes, I have never tried one. No...

good stuff, thanks gentlemen. i'm gonna git er done :rockin:

of course! its in the recipe section on this board under pilsner. looks good! the only change i'm going to make is using half the flaked rice.. going to do a 10g batch.. actually i really LOVE North Coast Scrimshaw... Cant seem to find any kind of a clone recipe anywhere.. but i like the...

Going to attempt first lager this weekend. The 'Something like Stella' recipe. Looks good! Love me some Stella. Also love me a neighbor who gave me an old chest freezer for free that I can now lager in... Anyways do all lagers like to have diacetyl rests before the lagering?

dude i let my apfelwein sit in the primary for 6 MONTHS! dont even worry about hydrometer. if you have read some of the threads here, you'd know the you arent supposed to bottle or keg after 3-4 weeks anyways.... let it sit minimum 3 months if you can... or drink it right away if you have...

Well, ever learning am I when it comes to the brewing. I was at the bar this weekend that serves furious. It is indeed almost exactly the same recipe as posted above. Def add the Anthanum dry hop. I am not sure about the extra bittering... Surly says they use McCallan malt to brew this...

I have a metal briefcase handcuffed to my left wrist... It has an optical scanner on it and a self destruct switch.. Just in case... :D Myself, I prefer S-05 or 1056. Nice clean american yeast. But an english yeast is normal for the style too. Do one batch wih one yeast, and then next...

I would do a pound or at least .75 pound of roasted barley. The beer will be sweet and the roasted barley will help it not be overwhelmingly sweet. I have an obsession with creating the perfect milk stout recipe and have been working on it for a while. Sorry- cant post my recipe, but I can...

are you saying the beer goes bad in a month?

I am thinking of this as my first lager attmept. Love me some Stella if I am in the mood. Still learning about the lagers and the process. Does this bad boy need a diacetyl rest before the lagering? Brew date 12/12.

or just sanitize the hydrometer and plop it in the bottling bucket right before you add the priming sugar. just be careful not to splash or sneeze it in or anything..

the pilsner and the munich are pointless. they are base malts. the only way you get anything from them is if you mash them. they are useless to be steeped. they have to be mashed to get fermentable sugars out of them. extract is dehydrated mashed pilsner or munich or 2 row malt, for...

you have to measure the FG before you add the priming sugar

i never ferment in the bucket with the spigot. i own one bucket with a spigot (bottling bucket) and 8 buckets without spigots for primaries. its ok to break the seal, just dont spit or sneeze in it. try and keep dust out of it when you pull off the lid. i always let them sit for 2 weeks...

I have seen the Anthanum dry hop addition. Honestly I think I just forgot to do it on this brew. Will prob also try that next time. As for water profiles- as naive as I may sound, I dont mess with those. I just use the tap water. Will prob one day get into messing with the water, but havent...

Wicker Park here. Been brewing for 8 months with water right out of the tap. Of course it gets boiled in the kettle, but have never had any problems with the water. My airlocks leak into my primaries all the time too for some reason, and no trouble at all.. Actually used to use bottled...