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cwrw

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If there are any guys out there that have brewed a Vienna lager could you please tell me how young can this be drunk (with a good taste) as I am seriously contemplating brewing an Eliot Ness Vienna style lager (which requires an 8 week conditioning at 4c (I think))
Cheers,
Cwrw :drink:
 
I'm going to post this here for anyone else's benefit since cwrw and I already had a conversation about this in a PM.

Let me preface this by saying I have never brewed a Vienna myself. However, one of the brewers in my local home brew club brews these all of the time and is our resident lager expert. I posted cwrw's question on my local board and my friend said that his process is to do 2 weeks in primary including a diacetyl rest. Then drop it down to around 4C for 4 weeks plus or minus a week. He kegs now but when he used to bottle, he'd bottle it after the 4 weeks of lagering and let it sit for another minimum of 4 weeks conditioning in the bottle. He also said he never added new yeast at bottling time and they always carbonated for him just fine.

As I told cwrw, there is no one answer to this. 'Good taste' is subjective and some might love the taste after 2 weeks in primary while others wouldn't dream of even tasting it until 3 months into the process. If it were me and I were brewing this for the first time, I'd follow a standard lager brewing/aging process before tasting it.

Barry
 
Many thanks for being so helpful and giving sound advice :thumb: :clap:
Cheers,
Cwrw
 

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