Home Brew Wednesday #11 - My Stein

My beer stein, what's brewing, and a save for tradition. Home brew Wednesdays.

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[Gunnerholic]

Hi Craig,

I too am brewing the Coopers European Lager kit right now and I'm just thinking about how I'm going to do the 'lagering' process next week. I've been told you can either put the beer into bottles and chill them in the fridge for a couple of months or chill a carboy down then transfer it to whatever storage vessel you wish after the lagering is complete. What would you suggest? Cheers

[CraigTube]

@Gunnerholic I think a fridge is too cold, unless you have temp control. Don't tell anyone but I didn't bother with any of this, and mine was still very good. My basement is 64F.

[CraigTube]

@LoLoCoSt224 The card that came with it was printed in 1960, and it calls it a "beerstein". Just sayin.

[Gunnerholic]

@CraigTube Thanks for the reply Craig, I have a mini fridge with a temp control, the maximum being 5C (41F). I brewed the lager at around 15C (59F). John Palmer recommends that the lagering phase should roughly be 10f less than the brewing temp so I don't think I'll be too far out here, obviously the colder your fridge the longer the lagering phase will take.

I saw the video you posted reviewing peihomebrewer's Euro Lager a while back now, how did your brew compare to his? Cheers

[xfireball929x]

I homebrew moonshine lol

[EcceCerevisia]

Do I spy a Wolf Blass Yellow label?

[snarygare]

Craig - I am new to homebrewing and have someone wanting to sell me a glass carboy.. Theres some mineral deposit sediment in the bottom of the carboy that will not come clean. Is that going to harm my beer ? Thanks .. I hope i get a reply

[militaryltd]

Nice stein! I'm jealous! the flowers on the side are edelweiss. Grows in the snow at the top of the European Alps. When a man wanted to show a woman that he loved her she would say "being me edelweiss to prove it," So he would have a challenge ahead to scale the mountain. The Mountain troops during WWII used it as their unit symbol to show they were fierce soldiers...

[arrogantbastardale]

Nice stein, Craig! Down with SOPA and PIPA! :-)