Comments on: The Facts: Top & Bottom Fermenting Yeast http://cryptobrewology.com/homebrew-tech/beer-yeast-live-and-learn/ Home Brewing Topics, Recipes, Reviews and More! Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:31:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: The Brewologist http://cryptobrewology.com/homebrew-tech/beer-yeast-live-and-learn/comment-page-1/#comment-2058 The Brewologist Tue, 11 Jan 2011 01:01:57 +0000 http://cryptobrewology.com/?p=375#comment-2058 Well, you'll want to make sure you use hops and malts are typically used for lagers. But basically, yeah, if you're using a lager yeast and have designed your beer to be a lager, you need to ferment around 55 degrees, for a couple of weeks, then rack to secondary and lager it for another few weeks before bottling. Then, keeping the bottles at 40 degrees or so to let them settle out and crisp up. I rushed a lager just before Christmas. Fermented it outside so it was nice and cold (PA Winter) for two weeks, then I had to bottle it, so basically I skipped the secondary lagering step and just lagered in the bottle for three weeks, but it still turned out pretty good. Lagers take much longer than ales from fermentation to finished beer. Let me know how it turns out if you brew one! Well, you’ll want to make sure you use hops and malts are typically used for lagers. But basically, yeah, if you’re using a lager yeast and have designed your beer to be a lager, you need to ferment around 55 degrees, for a couple of weeks, then rack to secondary and lager it for another few weeks before bottling. Then, keeping the bottles at 40 degrees or so to let them settle out and crisp up. I rushed a lager just before Christmas. Fermented it outside so it was nice and cold (PA Winter) for two weeks, then I had to bottle it, so basically I skipped the secondary lagering step and just lagered in the bottle for three weeks, but it still turned out pretty good.

Lagers take much longer than ales from fermentation to finished beer.

Let me know how it turns out if you brew one!

]]> By: Aaron http://cryptobrewology.com/homebrew-tech/beer-yeast-live-and-learn/comment-page-1/#comment-2057 Aaron Mon, 10 Jan 2011 23:56:53 +0000 http://cryptobrewology.com/?p=375#comment-2057 So, does this mean that the only difference I have to worry about when creating a lager at home is the temperature during fermentation? Aaron So, does this mean that the only difference I have to worry about when creating a lager at home is the temperature during fermentation?

Aaron

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