Carbonate before or after Lagering?

[Sanctuary Brewing]

I'm about to do my first lager, technically a bohemian pilsner. For those of you who keg, do you carbonate right away, the lager for 4-6 weeks, or lager for 4-6 weeks then carbonate?

 

[Donoroto]

I carbonate right away, if for nothing else to ensure nothing else can get into the keg. But carbonation should have no effect upon the lagering process.

 

[Minbari]

Second that. Makes no difference

 

[Dave Y]

I carbonate right away, if for nothing else to ensure nothing else can get into the keg. But carbonation should have no effect upon the lagering process.

+1

 

[Zambi]

+1

+2

 

[Sandy Feet]

+3

 

[Zambi]

It sort of seems logical to me.
You transfer to a keg and start cooling and carbonating at the same time if you can.
I can't so I carbonate at night and move keg to the fridge at daytime
Remove in the evening, carbonate and so on
Just gotta do with my set up and the un-availability of parts in case of a mess up (regulator being the main issue here)

 

[Sandy Feet]

I sometimes think how wonderful it would be to have elephants across the river and not hear fart cars racing at all hours of the night, but then I think about this thing called a "power grid". Mine normally only gets interrupted for long periods of time at times during this little ole thing called, "Hurricane Season".
The brew store is a 20 minute drive away with an online ordering store that pretty much kicks ass too.
Since the wife passed, Kroger and Amazon delivery kick ass when I am short on time. I always used to laugh at people that had grocery delivery..until I realized it was cheaper for them to deliver than for me to get off my fat ass and buy them at a very overpriced Publix.
So, I guess everywhere has both its good and bad that people can both enjoy and get pissed off about.

 

[Zambi]

No powercuts here as I don't depend on the grid
Recently a herd of over 100 buffalo

 

[Yooper]

Either way.

 

[Minbari]

No powercuts here as I don't depend on the grid
Recently a herd of over 100 buffalo

Did ya get one?

 

[Zambi]

Did ya get one?

I would love to,
They taste amazing.
But I didn't but looks like the lions got one

 

[west1m]

Leftovers?

 

[Minbari]

I would love to,
They taste amazing.
But I didn't but looks like the lions got one

Just go steal that one while they sleep!

 

[Zambi]

Just go steal that one while they sleep!

Tonight?

 

[Sandy Feet]

"Wee-hee-hee-hee, dee hee-hee-hee-hee
Wee-oh aweem away"
Sorry, I couldn't resist.

 

[Dave Y]

Not to drag us too far away from the topic at hand- cats, but I just finished up my first pressure fermentation last brew, and it came out pretty darn good. It’s a Pilsner, crisp right out of the fermenter. I think it still needs a little lagering and it’s waiting for tap space now.

I could just drill a 10th tap or 10th and 11th... but I have not run the manifold and lines for the taps yet.

Ok - back to cats. We had a suspected mountain lion attack on a local horse last week here in Texas.

 

[Minbari]

Tonight?

Why not?

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

No powercuts here as I don't depend on the grid
Recently a herd of over 100 buffalo

I'm completely off the grid myself, my array is back and I now have 1500 amp hours of battery

 

[Zambi]

I'm not too sure hoow much I have, but since I got a new battery I can have 2 to 3 days with hardly any sun.
Which does not occur often.
To be improved when I got some money and place some more panels