Swap Brew Session

The local homebrew store had only 1 of the ingredients in my original recipe, and so everything was replaced on the fly at the store, originally a Czech amber lager, now it is closer to a Festbier. Brew day went off went swimmingly, hit target OG 1.062, and while I had no access to a hose I was able to figure out a recirculating system to save water and keep my yard dry. Only took 30min to cool. Fermenting at 54F for 48 hours, then 58F until I transfer to keg, as per Fermentis' standard lager fermentation schedule Transferred 17 days after brew day Using and ice based chiller to control fermentation temperatures sucked. Plans are in motion for a keezer based propylene glycol reservoir to make it much more consistent and easy. Luckily 34/70 ferments from 52-72 and the beer enjoyed its end of fermentation up near 63. Tastes from the fermentor were clean and the barely conditioned zwickelbier version is delicious. Hopefully future brews will have better temperature control and some fining before kegging to try to have a finished cleared lager in 4 weeks