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Lagering and D-Rest temps

Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 9:01 pm
by jacinthebox
Hi everyone,
I'm brewing an American Lager
It has been fermenting for 12 days at 54 degrees using s-23 yeast.

My question is about doing a D-Rest.
What would be your target temp on a d- rest?

I was thinking of bringing it up to 64 for 3 days. Then racking, and start to lager. Dropping it back down to 34, dropping it 5 degrees a day until I get there.
Then leave it at 34 for at least 4 weeks.

Does this sound okay?

Any further tips?

Thanks in advance for the help. :cheers:

Re: Lagering and Development-Rest temps

Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 9:29 pm
by mr x
Doesn't seem to be a bad plan.

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Re: Lagering and Development-Rest temps

Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 9:50 pm
by jacinthebox
Great. Thanks :cheers2:

Re: Lagering and D-Rest temps

Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 9:37 am
by berley
Sounds like a good plan; not sure how much it matters (if at all), but I'd drop the temp after the diacetyl rest more slowly than 5 degrees per day... maybe even as low as 2 degrees/day. I just get paranoid about the yeast dropping out too quickly.

But, on the other hand, the amount of work they do at 34 F is probably pretty minimal.

Re: Lagering and D-Rest temps

Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2013 7:56 am
by jacinthebox
Sounds good. I'll start bringing the temp down Monday.

Re: Lagering and D-Rest temps

Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 8:49 am
by jacinthebox
jacinthebox wrote:Sounds good. I'll start bringing the temp down Monday.
I started bringing it down 2F a day as you suggested... :rockin:

Re: Lagering and D-Rest temps

Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 12:35 pm
by berley
jacinthebox wrote:
jacinthebox wrote:Sounds good. I'll start bringing the temp down Monday.
I started bringing it down 2F a day as you suggested... :rockin:
Sounds great... let us know how it turns out!

Re: Lagering and D-Rest temps

Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 6:28 pm
by jacinthebox
Will do