Pilsner Update Update

After several days, the fermentation in the pilsner started. Slowly. And remained slow. So I let it go for probably way longer than I should have but when it was transferred to the secondary on March 12, it tasted pretty good. This weekend I rigged a lagering system - the carboy is in a large wooden barrel that I lined with a heavy duty trash bag. I filled the barrel with water to the height of the beer in the carboy and have been changing out two frozen 1/2 gallon jugs of water daily to keep the temp around 35 degrees. Only about seven more weeks of lagering (maybe more if I want to push it) before bottling!