Hi Everyone
I've been brewing from extract with additions for about six months, getting consistent and tasty results making APAs. Tried my first lager yesterday, per recipe below. Yeast was Saflager 34/70 that I built over 48 hours into a 2.5 quart starter.
6.5 pounds Amber DME
2 cups honey
1 pound crystal malt
1.5 ounces Hallertauer hops (boil
0.5 ounces Hallertauer hops (finishing)
I'm about 20 hours into fermentation at 62F. Was planning to lower this over the next four days to 53F. Seems to be fermenting well, 1-2" of krausen in 6 gal carboy with 5 gallons of wort.
OG was about 6.8 which seems too high for an American lager. Thinking about watering this down to about a 5 OG by adding 2 gallons of water. obviously will need to moved some quantity to a second carboy. Any thoughts or recommendations?
I've been brewing from extract with additions for about six months, getting consistent and tasty results making APAs. Tried my first lager yesterday, per recipe below. Yeast was Saflager 34/70 that I built over 48 hours into a 2.5 quart starter.
6.5 pounds Amber DME
2 cups honey
1 pound crystal malt
1.5 ounces Hallertauer hops (boil
0.5 ounces Hallertauer hops (finishing)
I'm about 20 hours into fermentation at 62F. Was planning to lower this over the next four days to 53F. Seems to be fermenting well, 1-2" of krausen in 6 gal carboy with 5 gallons of wort.
OG was about 6.8 which seems too high for an American lager. Thinking about watering this down to about a 5 OG by adding 2 gallons of water. obviously will need to moved some quantity to a second carboy. Any thoughts or recommendations?