madbird1977
Well-Known Member
This is my first Lager and using the WYEAST 2633 OCTOBERFEST LAGER BLEND yeast.
I used 1 cup of Light DME in about 1200ml of water in the flask to build the yeast starter. I've done 15+ yeast starters and followed the normal instructions.
Okay, so the issue is that there is minimal activity after 24 hours. I usually see at least some activity.
The recipe that I'm doing is from NortherBrewer and linked below:
http://www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/beerkits/Oktoberfest.pdf
Any advise, I did see in another forum that I should build a bigger starter for a lager...
Should I get some dry lager yeast and build a 2nd larger starter? How much if so?
I plan to brew in the next day or so...then have it ferment at 48-52 in the wine fridge for 3 months.
Again, newbie to Lager and really love the octoberfests so would love for this to come out great ...any advise is greatly appreciated.
Cheers!
I used 1 cup of Light DME in about 1200ml of water in the flask to build the yeast starter. I've done 15+ yeast starters and followed the normal instructions.
Okay, so the issue is that there is minimal activity after 24 hours. I usually see at least some activity.
The recipe that I'm doing is from NortherBrewer and linked below:
http://www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/beerkits/Oktoberfest.pdf
Any advise, I did see in another forum that I should build a bigger starter for a lager...
Should I get some dry lager yeast and build a 2nd larger starter? How much if so?
I plan to brew in the next day or so...then have it ferment at 48-52 in the wine fridge for 3 months.
Again, newbie to Lager and really love the octoberfests so would love for this to come out great ...any advise is greatly appreciated.
Cheers!