I'm lagering a Czech Pilsner now (my 1st solo lager effort), and have a question about the diacetyl rest. I'm a bit unsure whether I need to do one - my question is will it hurt anything to just do it anyway? The OG was 1.053 and after 8 days at 50 deg F it's down to 1.016. I'm thinking if it won't hurt, I'll bring it up to about 58 for a couple of days then rack it & bring it down to lagering temp for a couple of months. Is there any downside to: a) keeping it in primary until FG is reached before diacetyl rest, or b) doing a dicetyl rest if one is not needed. I can't really taste any butter flavors, mostly green...
Suggestions? Thanks!
Suggestions? Thanks!