I brewed a 4 batch of lagers 2 weeks ago. 5 gallons each
2 oktoberfest and 2 budvar's
I aerated like I normally do, had 2 large starters made for each style.
I had the wort in corny kegs, in my fridge. Set at 65 for one day. I saw the signs of fermentation, so I then lowered it down to 55
5 days later down to 50 (I think this was my mistake)
Earlier this week I pulled the kegs. (8days of primary fermentation) I took a gravity reading, then racked into a clean corny keg.
The 2 front kegs looked good. 1 oktoberfest and 1 budvar The 2 back kegs still had high gravity and the budvar was VERY high.
1.045 OG and I measured it at 1.030.
I figured the ones in the back were colder, so the fermentation stuck.
Here is what I did. Racked the 2 good ones, and put them in the rear of the fridge. Didn't rack the oktoberfest 1.56 OG 1.020 I measured, I will give this another week I racked the stuck budvar on to the yeast cake of the "good" budvar.
I set fridge at 55°
Now 4 days later, the budvar is now active, and some activity from the other oktoberfest. There isn't much at all from the 2 rear beers, they must be complete.
Am I hurting the 2 rear beers, they should be lagering now, but the fridge is probably 55-52 in the back
Did I ruin the budvar by racking onto the yeast cake?
any other sugestions?