altenmuenster
Well-Known Member
While I work on my technique (and stash away some cash for some more advanced equipment) I've decided that I will work on my technique by brewing Steeped Grain + Extract brews in styles that I am nostalgic for, mainly UK and German styles that I cut my teeth on.
I'm bottling (in the new year) two batches: an Oktoberfest Lager kit (that SWMBO got me with my starter kit) which will have been lagering for around five weeks at 33°F and an Old Ale (supposed to be modeled on Theakston's Old Peculier) that will be coming off of a five week primary. I'm pumped about drinking my first bottles of homebrew!
Though it takes longer, I like lagering, so I think I'm going to go for a Münchner Helles style one of my favorites (hence the username) from my days studying in Germany -- once a waiter threatened to kick me and some friends out of the Hofbrauhaus in Munich for being too "rowdy" -- I didn't even know that it was possible to be too rowdy in the HBH.
Anyway, so on to my actual question -- the recipes and instructions I have found seem to differ, since the Helles uses a lager yeast I was planning on doing a proper lagering stretch with the beer in my lagering chest freezer. Basically, is it good practice to do a 5-6 week lagering of anything (besides steam beers) that calls for a lagering yeast and is a lager type beer?
I'm bottling (in the new year) two batches: an Oktoberfest Lager kit (that SWMBO got me with my starter kit) which will have been lagering for around five weeks at 33°F and an Old Ale (supposed to be modeled on Theakston's Old Peculier) that will be coming off of a five week primary. I'm pumped about drinking my first bottles of homebrew!
Though it takes longer, I like lagering, so I think I'm going to go for a Münchner Helles style one of my favorites (hence the username) from my days studying in Germany -- once a waiter threatened to kick me and some friends out of the Hofbrauhaus in Munich for being too "rowdy" -- I didn't even know that it was possible to be too rowdy in the HBH.
Anyway, so on to my actual question -- the recipes and instructions I have found seem to differ, since the Helles uses a lager yeast I was planning on doing a proper lagering stretch with the beer in my lagering chest freezer. Basically, is it good practice to do a 5-6 week lagering of anything (besides steam beers) that calls for a lagering yeast and is a lager type beer?
