Weizenbock Brewing Classic Styles "To Lager or Not Lager"?

[bschaffter]

Hi Fellow Brewers,

I'm new to the forum and fairly new to brewing but WOW do I love it. I looking for some much needed guidance.

I brewed the Weizenbock recipe from Brewing Classic Styles ( THE BOOK IS AWSOME! ). I have a controlled fermenter which kept the beer at 62 F as specified in the book. I hit all the correct numbers with the OG and after two weeks of primary I'm at my estimated FG as specified in the book.

I racked the beer to secondary and I'm wondering if I should keep it at 62 F or should I lager it? I also brewed the Triple recipe from the book as well which hit all of its numbers. I need to move it into lagering mode but these beers will share the same controlled fermenter. This is why I'm wondering if I can go ahead and lager the Weizenbock as well.

I will not have another unit that would drop me into that temp range for the Triple for another 10 days. At that time the Triple would have been 2 weeks over due with lagering.

Will I have issues?.... Wait I already have issues.

Thanks for all your help Brew Masters!

[brewinhard]

I would say you could lager both at the same time. Missing your "window" with lagering the tripel is really no big deal though. That beer will still benefit from some additional aging and when it finally gets into the lagering phase it will rest well. The last tripel I made I lagered for 2 mos before bottling and it came out killer! Although the weizenbock is a wheat beer, it will definitely benefit from some lagering as well to round out those flavors and leave behind the delicious malt with which it was made. Good luck.

[bschaffter]

Awesome thanks for the help!