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
Good presentation and very good information
It was very well presented in a way that is applicable to my homebrewing equipment and process. very informative!
I feel like a professional brewer now
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.
Valuable information
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.
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great presentation
good
Intro to Lagering Review
Awesome course! I've been lagering homebrews for a few years now and picked up quite a few hints and tricks that I wish I had known much earlier. Excited to take the lessons learned and see how much better I can make my lagers in the future.
Excellent introduction
I've been brewing for many, many years. I only started brewing more lagers since I now have the equipment to do so. This introductory course on lagers guides you through all the necessary steps to make a nice lager beer that you always wanted to try. Prost!
great introduction course
very informative course, i learned techniques, do's and dont's, and about products that will make my beer better!
Appropriate title. Right on target
Brief but informative. Well organized.
Helpful Video Course
Course material was very informative.
excellent course
a comprehensive explanation of the subject
A Great Intro into Lager Brewing as well as Lagering
There's more to this course than simply "lagering", and this is a great learning experience for anybody planning on brewing that first lager beer.
Nice Intro
Good overview and glad there is a more advanced follow up.
Outstanding
great
Makes the complex seem simple
Thanks for the great explanation of lagering. You did a fine job of explaining this complex subject so that a beginner like me could get a basic understanding of the subject
excellent course
information was presented in a very logical and easy to understand manner. options were provided in many of the steps with pros and cons. appreciated the detailed explanation and demonstration of the various fermenting and cold conditioning approaches and associated equipment
Lagering
It would be good to include reference to degrees Celsius in the videos for those not very familiar with degrees Fahrenheit. Already included in the text portion.
Lagering
Excellent
Must Watch/Read for Beginners
Must Watch/Read for Beginners. If you are self taught this is a great help for brewing lagers. I wish I had watched it before my first craft larger. I made several key errors, it will not happen again. Thanks Dave, Cheers
Great Course
Full of useful advice. easy to understand with a little bit of science.
Brewing my first Pil tomorrow
Good thing I watched this, very informative. Let's hope I don't have to review the troubleshooting section!!!
direct and descriptive
A good start
Introduction to Lagering
My next brew is going to be a Mexican Lager
Good
Great Information
Super course on introduction to brewing lagers. I hope there is an advance course.
Another great course
Even though I have been doing all grain for several year & extract for many years before, I have always avoided lager brewing! I have now built the gear to successfully lager and this course has given me the confidence to do it! Cheers