I know that the common wisdom know is not to rack to a secondary. Up to this point, I’ve only brewed ales and this method has worked out well for me.
Does anyone rack a lager to a secondary before lagering?
I just rack primary into a keg for lagering after I’ve slowly brought the temp down. Works for me.
+1 to lagering in the keg. But if I didn’t have kegs I’d rack to a secondary for lagering.
Kegs are my secondary lagering vessels.
I also use a keg for lagering. You could also lager in bottles if you don’t keg. After all lagering is just cold storage
I lager and carbonate in the keg. Then I usually jumper the clear beer to another keg for serving, but that’s only because my lagering fridge is separate from my serving fridge.
+1, but those lagers eat up the keg space, so my ales are waiting to be kegged! I may have to bottle some!
I lager in bottles since I don’t have enough fridge space to fit a fermenter. Works just fine, but just make sure you carbonate before you start lagering.
You only need to rack if the beer will be lagered for more than a couple months. Otherwise you can safely skip it.