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A Beginner’s Guide to Lagering
Eventually in every home brewer’s career, they hit a point when they grow tired of brewing only ales and want to try their hand at brewing lager. Unfortunately, challenges with temperature control can make this difficult, but the key to successfully brewing lager is simply knowing when it is okay to cheat, and when you have to be a stickler.
The Big Cheat
Before we actually bite off lager brewing, let me say that it is OK for you to cheat when brewing lager and use a clean-fermenting ale yeast.
While this is technically not brewing a lager, you can make some very good lager-style beers this way without having to bite off any of the temperature control issues we will be discussing in this article.
To brew a great “hybrid” lager, I’d recommend using one of the following yeast strains: White Labs WLP001, Wyeast 1056 or SafAle US-05.
It’s also important to ferment as cool as you can within the range of the yeast you choose. However, don’t get too cold, as you’ll drop your yeast out of suspension and stall your fermentation.
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