fletcher
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hey guys,
i just made my second brew, and it went okay short of a few pitfalls of the wort temp being too high initially and having to wait for it to cool before pitching. it's now sitting happily in the ferment fridge since yesterday at 12C.
i understand lagering to be storing the beer at cold temps, which i can do, but i'm curious about a few things temperature-wise. at this stage, i'm going to let it ferment until FG is almost reached, then d-rest for a few days to get it right to FG. so the wort's now gone from ~30C, to 20C (pitched) and now at 12C...i'm then to raise it to 20C for d-rest, and then here is where i'm a bit confused.
if i lager it for 3 weeks or months etc at 1C, how will i eventually carbonate/bottle it? is it best to bottle right after d-rest THEN lager at 1C for ages?
thanks for any help you could offer. i'm not stressed or worried, bust just curious so i can try and prevent as many off-flavours as i can. i'd like it to be as clean/crisp as possible even though i probably didn't do everything super-tight and to the book
EDIT: splening mistaks
i just made my second brew, and it went okay short of a few pitfalls of the wort temp being too high initially and having to wait for it to cool before pitching. it's now sitting happily in the ferment fridge since yesterday at 12C.
i understand lagering to be storing the beer at cold temps, which i can do, but i'm curious about a few things temperature-wise. at this stage, i'm going to let it ferment until FG is almost reached, then d-rest for a few days to get it right to FG. so the wort's now gone from ~30C, to 20C (pitched) and now at 12C...i'm then to raise it to 20C for d-rest, and then here is where i'm a bit confused.
if i lager it for 3 weeks or months etc at 1C, how will i eventually carbonate/bottle it? is it best to bottle right after d-rest THEN lager at 1C for ages?
thanks for any help you could offer. i'm not stressed or worried, bust just curious so i can try and prevent as many off-flavours as i can. i'd like it to be as clean/crisp as possible even though i probably didn't do everything super-tight and to the book
EDIT: splening mistaks