At what stage to bottle a kolsch?

Wabby · May 30, 2016

Doing my first AG brew today, a kolsch.

Should I bottle before cold conditioning or move to another fermenter and chill for (how long) before bottling?

Confused.

Cheers

Covrich · May 30, 2016

I never used the yeast but when I did a pseudo lager I went on an ale schedule. I did about 2 and a half weeks in teh fermenter bottled 2 weeks warm but then lagered for about 4 weeks in the cold... If you're going to lager I would do 3-4 weeks in a fermenter if you can. I found it doesn't matter in the bottle but I used us05

Sonnal · May 30, 2016

I've done KÃÂ¶lsch a few times. As Covrich said, just follow your normal ale schedule. It's a really nice beer, one of my favourites.

serum · May 30, 2016

Ageing in secondary is meant to be best but there's no harm doing it in bottles.

Wabby · May 31, 2016

Can I lager at 0c after bottling?

Or am I likely to blow **** up???

MyQul · May 31, 2016

Yup. I've got a bit of an experiment going on at the mo. I'm lagering two bottles of ale for six months. They've been lagering for two months so far

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