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old world beer
08-30-2005, 07:34 AM
Can I larger in a stainless steel keg, or do I have to use a glass carboy. If I do have to use a glass carboy then whats the differance??
danno
08-30-2005, 07:41 AM
you can certainly lager in a stainless steel keg. just make sure you've got a blowoff tube...
old world beer
08-30-2005, 07:43 AM
I've done a lot of ales , but this is my first lager. I'm not shore what you mean by blow off tube??

and thanks for your time..
danno
08-30-2005, 01:59 PM
I should have said airlock. but, I think a blowoff tube would be better, since cornies (I'm assuming here) are 5 gallons, and standard batch size is also 5 gallons (compared to a 6 gallon bucket or carboy).

a blowoff tube is basically just a piece of tubing that goes into another container that holds water (or whatever) and serves as an airlock, but if things get crazy, your krausen has someplace to go other than all over everything...
jstrausss
08-30-2005, 06:20 PM
is it safe to say that lager yeasts take longer to work then ale yeasts ? I had never done a lager yet , but want to try soon
old world beer
08-31-2005, 11:01 AM
SUP, JSTRAUSS

i WAS WONDERING THE SAME THING.
Derekt2
08-31-2005, 11:23 AM
Lagers do take longer than ales, primarily because of the lower temp. employed and the fact they digest certain complex sugars ale yeasts don't. Use a lot of yeast, aerate well, and shoot for the mid-temp. range the yeast prefers. Too warm and it will be fruity; too cold and it will go on forever.

RE: blowoff on a corny. Easiest thing to do is remove the poppet valve on the gas side and hose clamp some tubing to the tank plug. I seem to remember my ball-locks take 5/8" ID but it's been a long time. Make sure you change/dump the receiving water every now and then as you don't want to have your jar or bucket overflow or otherwise get too funky.

BTW, I haven't gotten good results with SAFlager S-23? when fermenting at around 60F. Some fruitiness but not too bad. See,s less pronounced when the grain bill employs some dark malt so it must be pH dependant. In otherwords, I would use it in an O'fest or darker but probably not in a Pils, Helles, etc.