the_chalk_outline
Apprentice
Noob question but I can't seem to find this particular answer anywhere.
I'm making my first Pilsner and it's fermenting away nicely. In about 3 or 4 days (That will be the 2 week stage) I'm going to bring the temp up for the Diacetyl rest.
After that, as far as I can tell, as long as the batch has cleared nicely I can bottle it and carry out the lagering process in bottles?
Is this correct or do I have to rack to secondary for the lagering process? Doesn't that also mean I'm in for a really long carbonation process as all the yeast will have dropped out?
Your help would be much appreciated.
Cheers
TCO
I'm making my first Pilsner and it's fermenting away nicely. In about 3 or 4 days (That will be the 2 week stage) I'm going to bring the temp up for the Diacetyl rest.
After that, as far as I can tell, as long as the batch has cleared nicely I can bottle it and carry out the lagering process in bottles?
Is this correct or do I have to rack to secondary for the lagering process? Doesn't that also mean I'm in for a really long carbonation process as all the yeast will have dropped out?
Your help would be much appreciated.
Cheers
TCO