If you chill your beer too fast for the lagering phase, you can sometimes arrest the ability of the yeast to complete the consumption of diacetyl and acetaldehyde. To prevent this, a lot of homebrewers use a diacetyl rest. There are a lot of great ways to brew fantastic lagers without going over the top on budget.
This method is simply a good way to step into lager fermentations without overthinking it. If you decide to use this method to brew your first lager, drop us a line and let us know. Benjamin Stange is a freelance writer specializing in craft beer and home brewing. He lives in Springfield, Missouri with his family, who graciously tolerates his obsession with all things beer. The temperature was in the mid 50s inside today with the door partially open 70 degrees outside.
How cold does it have to be to make lager, and would a small springhouse be suitable? Northern Brewer. Thanks, Jack. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Toggle navigation Learn Call Call Ben Stange on July 24, 1 Comment. Not that it matters now as you have already bottled.
I hope all works right for you! Nice, is it a pale or a dark dopple? What yeast did you use? Dark doppel, SRM near 24, yeast used was Wyeast Bohemian Lager, wanted to use Bavarian Lager but store didn't have 2 packets and didn't have time to do a starter.
Since you are brewing a Doppelbock, which is a higher gravity beer, you may want to consider lagering for a timeframe longer than 6 weeks. I homebrew moderate gravity lagers Pilsners, Oktoberfest, etc. So for the case of your beer which has an Original Gravity of 1. You could try one of your Doppelbocks after 6 week of lagering and see what you think of your beer. I highly suspect that a few more weeks of lagering would benefit your Doppelbock.
Don't forget temperature, the lower the temperature the longer and vice-versa. Since it's in bottles already it will likely just stay at 34'F, I'll just start opening a bottle here and there starting after 6-weeks. Show Ignored Content. Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? Leave in warm dark place or refrigerate them? And I i wante to keg it can i lager it in the keg on co2? I've only kegged a lager.
I transferred it from the primary to the keg. Then I let it sit in the keg in my kegerator for about a month or so. I would give it a shot of co2 every couple days just to make sure that the cover was staying sealed. After a month I put it on the co2 to carb up. Kegging is definitely easiest for lagers, and yes you can lager in the keg with the gas on.
After diacetyl rest I go straight from primary to keg. If you're going to bottle, you want to transfer to secondary and lager that in bulk. After your lagering period, then bottle as usual, although you need to take into account that your cold lagered beer will already have more residual CO2 in it than you're used to. Bottles will need to be allowed to warm up to room temp to carb up.
Even after lagering you will probably have plenty of yeast to bottle, but if you want to reyeast, you don't have to use lager yeast, you can use a clean dry yeast like us Works nicely too. If you were to gel fine your beer first, you should have more than enough yeast remaining to properly bottle condition your beers without adding any extra yeast.
Or if you just plan on bulk lagering without gelatin , then you also will still have enough yeast in suspension to properly carbonate your beers. I think your best bet is bulk lager if possible. Get the beer nice and clear prior to packaging.
Quote from: Brewtweak on February 07, , pm. Pages: [ 1 ] Go Up.
0コメント