New to Lager.

[Flaming Barrel]

Hi all, never brewed a lager & its the right time of year to start, so any help with successful recipies & techniques would be grateful. Thanks.

[Horden Hillbilly]

Mrs H's lager has been brewed a few times by forum members. The recipe is on this page.

[Damfoose]

Horden does your lager need to be lagered or can it be brewed at normal temps, Im only asking as i dont have the facilities to lager at the moment this is going to be sorted some time in the future though. Also which yeast did you use fo it ?

Ta in advance..

[Aleman]

Damfoose . . . You have the perfect opportunity to lager at the moment using the big free fridge with the blue roof

I will answer the OP's request with a question . . . Just what sort of lager is it you are brewing?
There are as many styles of lager as there are ales each one more than slightly different to the last

[Horden Hillbilly]

Horden does your lager need to be lagered or can it be brewed at normal temps, Im only asking as i dont have the facilities to lager at the moment this is going to be sorted some time in the future though. Also which yeast did you use fo it ?

Ta in advance..

I try to ferment Mrs H's lagers around the 12c-15c mark, which is why I tend to brew them in the winter months as I don't have lagering facilities myself. The lager grains are on order now, just waiting for the delivery & my Christmas hols to get stuck into them! I use Saflager S-23 in the lagers I brew, the recommended temperature for this yeast is 9c-15, ideally 12c.

Link to Saflager info.

[EportJake]

My first lager is finishing its primary fermentation as we speak. Can lagering be done in a corny or is it best to transfer to a secondary FV for the lagering period then a corny?

[Aleman]

Can lagering be done in a corny or is it best to transfer to a secondary FV for the lagering period then a corny?

My normal practice is to transfer to a secondary FV and then Lager in the Secondary, as you are going to drop out some haze forming matter . . . . Due to a bad back and badly placed FV/Lager chamber then this time I just used an extended Primary (at 2C) before dropping the lager into 3 1/2 cornies, which when the back has decided to play ball is going into the Lager chamber . . . at the moment I'm using the free big fridge with the blue roof . . . . although that has decided to warm up now . . . . I will be checking on lagering process using the 9L corny