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It is my first lager and I am not clear on a couple things, no pun intended. After my D rest, I brought down the temp to fifty degrees within two days, took a gravity which was 1.015, then dropped 3 to 5 degrees a day, down to 35 F before transferring to the secondary. 1. Should I have...

I am brewing my first lager and I had a couple questions. Everything is going well so far but I am leaving on a trip for 6 days and I think its time to do a diacetyl rest. My OG was 1.057 and a target TG of 1.014. I just took a sample after only 5 days of fermentation at 52 F, because the...

I live in Texas and I had been having success with using my freezer as a fermenter and I use it in the garage without any problems. After 2 weeks in the primary, I racked the 5 gal Blind Pig Clone for one week in the secondary and I just started to dry hop it. Then I left on an eight day trip...

I just tried to wash and save yeast for the first time. I brewed a Pliney Partial Mash which came out a little low OG 1.066 but thought I could try to save the WLP001 yeast for other brews. It had a lot of hops so I washed a couple extra times than Bernie Brewer did in his great explanation of...

I apologize if this subject has been posted before but I could not find anything specific on this subject when dry hopping. I am still new to all of this and lack experience, however, I still believe my brews require a secondary especially since I have dry hopped all of them. I am brewing my...