commonlaw
Well-Known Member
I've had a lager (czech pils) going for a good couple weeks now, and it still has a layer of krausen and junk at the top. Is this normal for lagers? Ales all that falls to the bottom after a couple days. It's close to done (at about 1.014 right now, so I might be able to eek out a few more points), but I really want to get this thing lagering because it will tie up my chest freezer (fermentation chamber) for at least a month and I want to brew some ales soon (will have to resort to sticking them in a tub of water and hope for the best I guess). Do I wait for the krausen to fall or just go ahead and rack to a keg and lager when I think it's ready?