So I decided to make a pilsner without measuring the grain I had left first.   I ended up only having about 9.5 pounds of pilsner and .5 of wheat that was just sitting there.   I thought the wheat would be nice being that I was going to have to make up gravity with DME.

How it went 3/9/2013:

The gravity landed high at 1.056 so depending on how much liquid I end up I may have to top up a bit.   I can’t accurately measure it because I’ll be fermenting in two 3 gallon better bottles in my lager refrigerator.

 Fermentation Update 3/30/2013

Well my dorm refrigerator appears to have been too cold for this beer.   I set it at the lowest setting and have produced a couple of good beers in it but this time the fermentation just really lulled.   It may have been due to the cold snap in Baton Rouge so this thing was really cold at night.    In any event I moved the fermenters in to my chest freezer and rocked it at 48F and it’s currently at 1.09.  I am giving it a “diacetyl rest” for 24 hours before putting them back in that refrigerator to lager under I clear up some keg space for it.    It looks good and tastes ok so I guess we’ll see how it finalizes.

Update 4/1/2013

Strange enough one of the 3 gallon carboys holding this beer finished at 1.08 while the other didn’t finish at around 1.021.   Looks like half this stuff will get tossed!   I really need to get better temperature control for lagers because my success rate is too low.

Update 4/28/2013

Well I forgot about this one and got around to kegging it today. It’s just been sitting at 35 degrees in a refrigerator lagering. So we’ll see how it goes but it looks beautiful.