Misquoting Noonan

[motobrewer]

I've said a few times over the past week or so that Noonan says to lager for "2 weeks for every 8 points OG"

well, that's wrong. the real quote is:

Dextrinous beer from a decoction mash should undergo a secondary fermentation and lagering period of seven to twelve days at 33 to 34 degrees F for each 2 Plato (1.008 SG) of cooled-wort hydrometer reading (OG). Lighter beer, lacking dextrins, is usually held for only three to seven days for each 2 Plato of wort density. Very strong, kraeusened beer, on the other hand, may be lagered for six to eight months before it is bottled.

my bad

 

[Yooper]

I've said a few times over the past week or so that Noonan says to lager for "2 weeks for every 8 points OG"

well, that's wrong. the real quote is:



my bad

I always say "one week for every 8-10 points of OG" which is what my understanding was.

 

[Malticulous]

I've had good luck on the low end of that quote. It's not like I make dextrin rich lagers. That sound more like bocks. My Pilsners come to age in short lager times. The Dunkel I have now is taking longer. I got to get that book.

 

[ChrisKennedy]

I always say "lager until it tastes good instead of following arbitrary metrics".

But maybe I am just crazy that way.