What to do after bottling lager?

[RishoBrew]

Greetings!

I bottled my first lager yesterday. It has been in the secondary in the fridge for 5 weeks at about high 30 F. Should I keep it in the room temperature in a dark for some time and how long or should it go back to fridge for how long. Thanks!

 

[Black Island Brewer]

Bottle conditioning a lager isn't different that bottle conditioning an ale: keep the bottles at room temp for a few weeks, opening one after a couple weeks to see if the level is right. Some say they have to wait longer for a lager to carbonate, but that hasn't been my experience (alcohol level seems to have a bigger impact on the carbonation time, either from the toxicity of the alcohol to the yeast, or the fatigue of the yeast, IDK which). Once it's carbed, then store it as cold as possible to keep it as fresh as possible for as long as possible, let it warm slightly when you serve it, cooler for most lagers, warmer for most ales.