starfish is right on. to properly lager you must be able to age and store in a cool steady tempature. the biggest tips to making great home brew are simple yet often ignored. never scimp on any sanitation, wether your formenter, transfer hoses, or bottles. even the caps need to be sanitised.

if any of you are ready to step up from bottle conditioning for carbination. and want to move into Co2 bottles for presurre. i have a connection that deals in 3gal. and 5gal sankey cans. this way you can Co2 pour right from the sankey.
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