With the summer months coming, I'd really like to try my hand at a Pils. I've never fermented a lager, but I have a chest freezer that I can use to maintain a consistent fermentation and lagering temperature. My concern, though, is that I'd like to continue brewing other beers while the lager is, well, lagering.
So my question is this. Once the fermentation is complete and I drop the temp for lagering, would it hurt the beer if for, say, one week's time maybe twice during the lager period, the lager was forced to share the chest freezer at ale temps, after which point I'd drop the freezer's back down to the happy lagering temp? My guess is that consistent lagering temps is best, but I don't want to stop brewing for two months!! :cross:
So my question is this. Once the fermentation is complete and I drop the temp for lagering, would it hurt the beer if for, say, one week's time maybe twice during the lager period, the lager was forced to share the chest freezer at ale temps, after which point I'd drop the freezer's back down to the happy lagering temp? My guess is that consistent lagering temps is best, but I don't want to stop brewing for two months!! :cross:
