Greetings,
last saturday i brewed a pot of Grants Classic Pilsner per instructions given to me by my local brew store.
see recipe:
http://hopville.com/recipe/422583/german-pilsner-pils-recipes/grants-classic-pilsner
after pitching the yeast i shook the carboy well for 5 mins and added oxygen after that. i let the brew remain indoors at approx 65 degrees over night (to be sure fermentation began) than moved it to my garage and covered it with three blankets and directed a ceramic heater at it on low... a digital thermometer placed inside the blankets read 50 degrees next morning after a 26 degree night - high pressure clear cold here now.
yesterday - 5 days into fermentation - there appears to be little or no more fermentation... no more bubbles coming from my siphon tube into a gallon jug of starsan.
this is my second batch of brew and is a lager - since the yeast was saflager S-23 bottom fermenting commercial yeast.
i would like to know what to expect and how long i should ferment this beer... no where can i find instructions beyond the initial cooking info.
should i rack the beer into a secondary carboy and leave it for several weeks? or longer? i'm pretty confident that i can keep the wort between 45 and 55 degrees indefinitely this winter in my garage.
if anyone has experience with this type of beer can you give me some advice on how to continue and what to expect.
i will be racking the finished beer into a corny keg and forcing carbonation.
thanks for a great forum.
tws
last saturday i brewed a pot of Grants Classic Pilsner per instructions given to me by my local brew store.
see recipe:
http://hopville.com/recipe/422583/german-pilsner-pils-recipes/grants-classic-pilsner
after pitching the yeast i shook the carboy well for 5 mins and added oxygen after that. i let the brew remain indoors at approx 65 degrees over night (to be sure fermentation began) than moved it to my garage and covered it with three blankets and directed a ceramic heater at it on low... a digital thermometer placed inside the blankets read 50 degrees next morning after a 26 degree night - high pressure clear cold here now.
yesterday - 5 days into fermentation - there appears to be little or no more fermentation... no more bubbles coming from my siphon tube into a gallon jug of starsan.
this is my second batch of brew and is a lager - since the yeast was saflager S-23 bottom fermenting commercial yeast.
i would like to know what to expect and how long i should ferment this beer... no where can i find instructions beyond the initial cooking info.
should i rack the beer into a secondary carboy and leave it for several weeks? or longer? i'm pretty confident that i can keep the wort between 45 and 55 degrees indefinitely this winter in my garage.
if anyone has experience with this type of beer can you give me some advice on how to continue and what to expect.
i will be racking the finished beer into a corny keg and forcing carbonation.
thanks for a great forum.
tws