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2/15/2010 3:31 PM
 

Well, with my first lager well within that "7 - 10 day" primary fermentation range, it's time to think about a diacetyl rest. There's only one problem: even though I can raise the fridge thermostat to 60°, the outside temp for this week isn't scheduled to get above 65. If I keep it in the fridge, the temperature will never rise.

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Should I wrap it in a blanket and keep it in the garage? I can bring it inside the house, but the temperature will range between 70 and 73 throughout the day. Is temperature control that critical during the rest period? if not, is 73° too high? Will Kelly finally find the strength to move away from John and pursue her dream of becoming a professional shadow puppeteer?

What say ye?

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2/15/2010 5:12 PM
 

You do need to bring it up to 70-73 degrees for around 24 hours. So bring it in the house it will be fine. Otherwise you may have a butterscotch lager. Congrat's on your first lager, keep up the fine work.

CB Don

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2/15/2010 5:44 PM
 

I see you have pegs in your fridge. You could put add a shelf and then use one of the buckets you use to put malt in (you still have one right?) and fill it with hot water. Set you temp regulator on your fridge to 70-73. Then let mother nature and the buckets do their work. if it gets to warm you fridge will kick in, but I doubt it will do that. I do the same method in my fermentor chill box when the temp gets too cold or when I need to warm it up.


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2/15/2010 6:03 PM
 

I do try to get mine up to 70°, but the schwarzbier that's currently working in my garage never made it that high (same reason). Despite that, it tasted great yesterday when I checked in on it, with no obvious diacetyl, so I racked it to the 2ndary/clearing vessels and cranked down the thermostat. A day or two is plenty for a d-rest, so if you get yours in the house long enough to raise it to 73°, I think you'll be all set.

But I do have some bad news. Kelly will find the gumption to break it off with John, but when she hurries across the street to catch a cab, she will step in front of a city bus. Ironically, the puppets she so loved will cement her in the memories of the locals as they randomly find the cut-out silhouettes that were strewn around the neighborhood by the impact of the bus and then the four winds.


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2/16/2010 3:11 PM
 

I have the same issue with my fridge. One day I'll rig up a two way temperature control setup to make it easy but I like Chad's suggestion as a workaround. I was talking to Jonathan about this and he said that a diacetyl rest is never "necessary". It will just speed up an otherwise eventual process. I do them for that reason because I don't like waiting on my beer. You don't have to worry about the typical issues with high temp fermentation for the diacetyl rest because the conversion to alcohol is pretty much done. You're just "waking them up" to take care of the other cleanup duties from what I've heard.

No comment on puppets of any kind at this time.

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