jcfontario
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I need some guidance from the experts on this site. I am making a Kolsch style beer right now. After completing fermentation I had it in the fridge at 39 F for 3 weeks to lager, but SWMBO needed the fridge, so I had to move the beer out of the fridge and into the coolest room that I could find which was at 65 F. It has been there for 3 weeks now, so the beer has been lagering/resting for 6 weeks now. My question is, should I re-start my lagering time, assuming that the 3 weeks at 65 F didn't do anything, or does warm lagering time also count? Or, did the warm lagering likely change the character of the beer and it is now some sort of Kolsch hybrid (but still drinkable!).