T.D.
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Hi,
This weekend I will be brewing my first ever real AG lager. Its going to be a Bohemian Pilsner. I bought a wine fridge to use for lager brewing. The main goal was to get a good constant fermentation temp of around 13 degrees, which it does nicely. I was also hoping it would get nice and cold (around 4 degrees C) on its coldest setting so I could use it for lagering too. I just tested it out and the coldest setting is perfect for fermentation, but too high for lagering (around 13 degrees as I said before). From what I gather with lagers the low fermentation temp is the biggest deal, but obviously the lagering stage is still quite important!
My question is, if I rack to secondary and lager as per normal, but I do it at 13 degrees instead of 2-4 degrees, am I going to get any real lagering benefits? I have read that the higher the temp, the longer you lager, but at 13degC that would mean I'd have to lager for about 6 months!
So if I put the secondary fermenter back in there at the coldest setting (13degC) to "lager" for 4-6 weeks will it actually still be worth while?
Cheers! :beer:
This weekend I will be brewing my first ever real AG lager. Its going to be a Bohemian Pilsner. I bought a wine fridge to use for lager brewing. The main goal was to get a good constant fermentation temp of around 13 degrees, which it does nicely. I was also hoping it would get nice and cold (around 4 degrees C) on its coldest setting so I could use it for lagering too. I just tested it out and the coldest setting is perfect for fermentation, but too high for lagering (around 13 degrees as I said before). From what I gather with lagers the low fermentation temp is the biggest deal, but obviously the lagering stage is still quite important!
My question is, if I rack to secondary and lager as per normal, but I do it at 13 degrees instead of 2-4 degrees, am I going to get any real lagering benefits? I have read that the higher the temp, the longer you lager, but at 13degC that would mean I'd have to lager for about 6 months!
So if I put the secondary fermenter back in there at the coldest setting (13degC) to "lager" for 4-6 weeks will it actually still be worth while?
Cheers! :beer: