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After having brewed lots of beers, I find myself with very little malt left. I basically have enough malt to do one more batch of an ale with MO and a double of ale or lager with pilsner malt. With 4 cubes full and 2 fermenting away with 3 and a half kegs full, I think that I will be able to finally do a lager beer.
I was wanting to do a SMaSH of pilsner and czech saaz and ferment it with a lager yeast. So for a first timer to lagers, what yeast would you recommend I use?
I do have the option of using a fridge with a fridgemate to ferment it, which I will be doing, but ever since I have used it as a keg fridge (or maybe since it is quite an old fridge) it doesn't seem to get any lower than 10 degrees. So this means that even when the beer is in the keg, I won't be able to cc it at any where below 10 degrees - I will be in the market for a chest freezer for the kegs and another fridge for cold conditioning the kegs...but until then, what lager yeast would you recommend for my situation. Failing all this, I will just brew it with us-05 as cool as it will let me...
Cheers
Phil
edit: just had a quick look on craftbrewer - Wyeast 2112 - California Lager - is that a good idea? Lager characteristics up to 18 degrees? 14-20 fermentation temp.
I was wanting to do a SMaSH of pilsner and czech saaz and ferment it with a lager yeast. So for a first timer to lagers, what yeast would you recommend I use?
I do have the option of using a fridge with a fridgemate to ferment it, which I will be doing, but ever since I have used it as a keg fridge (or maybe since it is quite an old fridge) it doesn't seem to get any lower than 10 degrees. So this means that even when the beer is in the keg, I won't be able to cc it at any where below 10 degrees - I will be in the market for a chest freezer for the kegs and another fridge for cold conditioning the kegs...but until then, what lager yeast would you recommend for my situation. Failing all this, I will just brew it with us-05 as cool as it will let me...
Cheers
Phil
edit: just had a quick look on craftbrewer - Wyeast 2112 - California Lager - is that a good idea? Lager characteristics up to 18 degrees? 14-20 fermentation temp.