Craft Beer & Brewing Course
Introduction to Lagering
In Craft Beer & Brewing's Introduction to Lagering course, you'll learn to create crisp, cold-conditioned lagers at home. With solid technical advice and temperature control tips, you'll have all the tools you need to brew lagers right.
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In this class, Craft Beer & Brewing Contributing Editor Dave Carpenter will walk you through everything you need to know to create your own craft lagers at home. At the end of the course, you'll have gained a solid understanding of what it takes to brew a great lager and how to create the right environment to cold ferment and cold condition your beer.
Course contents
9 chapters, 53 lessons, 49m of video
Chapter 1
Introduction
- Welcome!
- Introduction
- Intro Video1:24
Chapter 2
What Exactly is Lager?
- How Lager Came To Be
- Division of Beer
- Traveling Knowledge
- Characteristics of lagers
Chapter 3
Yeast Considerations
- Lager Yeast
- Lager Basics1:24
- Differences of Lager Yeast
- Pitch rates
- Talking About Yeast I3:35
- Yeast health and pitch rates
- Talking About Yeast II3:24
- Oxygen requirements
- Oxygen Requirements Video1:07
Chapter 4
Temperature Control
- Keeping It Cold
- Methods
- Two Achievements
- Temperature Control3:27
- Refrigeration Methods0:34
- The ice bucket challenge
- Ice Bucket2:33
- Swamp thing
- Evap Swamp2:39
- Cool Zone
- Cool Zone Video6:22
- Temperature controlled refrigerator or freezer
- Freezer2:44
- Controller0:35
Chapter 5
Fermentation Profiles
- Two basic approaches
- Ferment Profile4:31
- Preferred Approach
- Alternate Approach
- Plot
Chapter 6
Lagering (Conditioning)
- What does lagering do?
- How to lager
- Primary Fermentation to Lagering
- Conditioning4:11
Chapter 7
Practical Considerations
- Knockout
- Knockout Video3:07
- Cooling systems
- Lagering chamber
- Storage environment
- Packaging
- Packaging Video2:22
Chapter 8
Troubleshooting
- Off flavors
- Identifying Off Flavors1:09
- Acetaldehyde
- Green Apple Flavor3:35
- Diacetyl
- Dimethyl sulfide (DMS)
Chapter 9
Conclusion
- Thank You!
What students say
It was very well presented in a way that is applicable to my homebrewing equipment and process. very informative!
I've been brewing ales for the past 2-3 years now. Recently I have decided to try brewing a lager. My home brew store wasn’t very helpful with explaining to me the significant differences between brewing ales to lagers. Everywhere I looked on the net, including brew sites, brew forums, YouTube etc., no one explained it from start to finish, and the little hacks you can add to give your beer that can really elevate the taste and finishes of your lagers compared to normal home brews. This video course on lagering was brilliant. It was explained in so much detail, including different types of equipment for temp control, oxygenation (never considered this part) and what the best approaches to the fermentation profiles and conditioning during the lagering phase. I'm going to be applying all this new info I now have to my first lager brew this long Easter weekend. Wish me luck and thanks again.
Like many home brewers I have avoided trying to make lagers because I didn’t really grasp the process. I feel confident enough now to test the waters and give it a shot. Recommend to anyone that has been wanting to try making lagers but apprehensive.