Long time lurker here
I’ve been using the “quicky krausen” method on my ales recently and have been loving the results both for carbonation and conditioning.
I would love to do this to my first lager however I’m a little confused on the timing of it when it comes to lagers.
Do I do it before or after the lagering period? I seem to have read of people using both methods. Noonan talks about it in reference to priming bottle of lager with krausen. Which essentially is what I’m doing but in a keg. I’ve also read up on doing it pre lagering so the beer is essentially conditioned and carbonated while lagering.
Post Lagering
- should I use an ale yeast with the saved wort and condition at Ale temps?
Pre lagering
- what temp is idea here if using the same yeast strain as primary?
- if I do a D-rest would I then bring it back down to 50* for the conditioning/carbing or just keep it at 60*
- was planning on using 34/70 so I’m pretty sure the 60* temp would be fine
How do the commercial guys go about it? Krausening and Lagering in the same tank that can handle higher PSI?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks