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Well I cleaned the tilt and after a weekend at 68°F I'm reading 1.025. Pretty sure this is going to be it. I now have a stir plate coming and a fresh reminder how much more yeast I need to be pitching for lagers lol.

Sorry I should have specified. 45° overnight and the upped to 50° the next day. Just wanted to get that temp down from 70 asap.

It is a tilt hydrometer so gunk may very well be an issue. If before i transfer to lagering serving keg I retrieve, clean, and re-sanitize the tilt I should be able to get an accurate fg reading, right?

Thanks! Let's see how this turns out.

Okay, I'll start the rest now. Should I be shooting for ~58°F or go up to 65°F? I've had the fermenter between 52° and 54° the past week.

Hi all, I brewed my first dopplebock and first HG lager back on July 18th using the below recipe from byo.com: (5 gallon/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.076 FG = 1.020 IBU = 22 SRM = 15 ABV = 7.5% Ingredients 9 lbs. (4.1 kg) Munich malt (10° L) 4.75 lbs. (2.2 kg) Pilsner malt 2 oz. (57 g) dehusked...

Is that 4 weeks total or just primary/secondary fermentation for lagers? I have an Oktoberfest that's finished fermenting and per the recipe I'll be lagering for a month now. Just curious!

I've got a tilt hydrometer floating in the fermenter and have been taking daily readings with that.

Day 5 now. CO2 activity was over after Day 3 and krausen is now gone from the surface.

So as a follow up, everything seems good. ABV is where it's supposed to be at 5.03%. SG is at 1.012, down from an OG of 1.051 and has been steady for 2 days now. If it reads the same tomorrow can I assume fermentation is done?

Perfect. Thank you! Thank you! Pictures were the last thing on my mind at the time lol.

Sure. Don't have pics of the mess, but here's the setup.

The replacement disconnect has its internals removed too so it has a open path. It's bubbling happily now. The first disconnect though.. oops. Are there any worries about oxygen loss in the wort or yeast loss?

Hey all! Quick preface. I brewed my first Heffenwiezen last night. Gravity and volume were spot on and I transfered to my fermenter. fermenter is a ball lock keg with a floating dip tube, and the guts removed from the CO2 post. Gas disconnect with a blowoff tube is connected to the post and...