First Lager

[santamarina]

The beer turned out great. The flavor was exactly as desired. I never need to buy a commercial Mexican lager again!

BUT there was one major problem...Serious keg malfunction!

The day after hooking up the Co2 to carbonate I noticed a wet spot on my carpet. That's when I discovered an EMPTY keg. There must have been a leak somewhere in the system because all 5 gallons was on my carpet. Devastated, I sat on the floor crying...the day before our party.

Planning thorough keg testing for all future batches!

[santamarina]

I just made a pilsner on 2/10 & filtered it on 2/28 using Tasty's technique. It taste fantastic!
Used a two step starter first a 1500 ml & then a 2500 ml. which did give me a kick ass fermentation.

I was a little scared I didn't have a large enough pitch...first lager worries. Didn't have time to make a proper starter, but I put two vials in a 1000ml starter the morning of brew day. I figured it would at least wake the yeast up a little.

Whatever I did worked...fermentation started quickly and finished in less than 5 days. Not at all what I expected from a lager.

[brewinhard]

The beer turned out great. The flavor was exactly as desired. I never need to buy a commercial Mexican lager again!

BUT there was one major problem...Serious keg malfunction!

The day after hooking up the Co2 to carbonate I noticed a wet spot on my carpet. That's when I discovered an EMPTY keg. There must have been a leak somewhere in the system because all 5 gallons was on my carpet. Devastated, I sat on the floor crying...the day before our party.

Planning thorough keg testing for all future batches!

So sorry to hear about that. Always frustrating when you spend the time and money on a beer only to lose it all! Nothing like pouring one out for all the dead homeys.....