Diacetyl Rest

[yard glass]

I also have a converted chest freezer that I keep around 10-12c. To do my diacetyl rest on the pils/lagers, I just switch off the freezer and open the lid for 3 days, before racking to secondary, then lid down and frezzer on again. I have a variable thermostat, so I can also bring it slowly down to about 2c for CC.

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gday all,

Diacetyl Rest ???

i've got two lagers in my Brewbox (Chest Frzr with Adlo Thermo Control) at the moment.

#1 Lager, i racked to secondary yesterday after 14 days @ 12*C and replaced in the lower half of the Brewbox where the temp is 4*C / 5*C.

#2 Lager (brewed yesterday) is obviously in the top half @ 11*C.

these are the only brews i've done with proper control of temp, so my experience is limited to say the least.

my question is what is Diacetyl Rest and how important is it ?

Should i pull #1 Lager out for a few days ?, (bloody hot up here by the way).

thanks for any help.
yard

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didn't have any luck in the previous post, so i'll give a new one a go.

cheers
yard

 

[Linz]

try reading this


http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter10-4.html


beerz

Linz

 

[n00ch]

Might want to give the search function a try. Plenty of info on here re diacetyl rests.