billism
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I brewed my first lager on the 13th of Feb. this year (6 weeks ago today). It is a traditional bock, complete with double decoction mash.
OG was 1.065. Estimated FG = 1.015.
I did 14 days primary fermentation at 50F and then a 2 day d-rest at 58F before slowly lowering the temp down to ~37F where it has been since in a sealed corni keg. It had about an inch of krausen almost throughout the primary fermentation.
I thought everything was going well with it until today. I sampled it and it tasted too sweet, so I took a hydrometer reading and it is at 1.030 - which is weird because I took an SG reading while racking to secondary and I recorded 1.021 - but I guess I could have read/adjusted wrong. I currently have it in a sealed corni keg at lagering temperature.
The dip tube isn't cut and I didn't really notice a whole lot of yeast come out on the first sample pour.
Am I being too hasty? Is this batch hopeless? Any good advice is appreciated.
Thanks!
OG was 1.065. Estimated FG = 1.015.
I did 14 days primary fermentation at 50F and then a 2 day d-rest at 58F before slowly lowering the temp down to ~37F where it has been since in a sealed corni keg. It had about an inch of krausen almost throughout the primary fermentation.
I thought everything was going well with it until today. I sampled it and it tasted too sweet, so I took a hydrometer reading and it is at 1.030 - which is weird because I took an SG reading while racking to secondary and I recorded 1.021 - but I guess I could have read/adjusted wrong. I currently have it in a sealed corni keg at lagering temperature.
The dip tube isn't cut and I didn't really notice a whole lot of yeast come out on the first sample pour.
Am I being too hasty? Is this batch hopeless? Any good advice is appreciated.
Thanks!