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If this is useful to anyone... I had my primary on a cold cement slab (good for keeping even temp, I was told), but I think the yeasty bottom of the beer probably stayed a few degrees colder than the mid-section where the thermometer tape was. I moved it off the cement slab and agitated it...

Last week I started a Cal Common Lager using White Labs' SF Lager Yeast, my first non-ale. I was afraid I may have killed the yeast by not refrigerating it for a few days, but after about a day and a half it seemed to have a decent layer of krausen on top and passed a few bubbles through the...