AdIn said:I used it only to add to primer while bottling on couple batches and to start krausen for kegging. It has very good flocculation and drops out really fast which is good for bottling. One thing I noticed - it is not very active or healthy since it took almost 2 days to get to krausen stage and almost 2 weeks to reach good carbonation level in bottles. Yes I did rehydrate it before use.
srm775 said:I'm not certain I follow you? You used it to start a krausen for kegging? What does that mean?
2 weeks seems reasonable if I don't add any yeast. I was expecting it to be done faster.srm775 said:2 weeks to carb in a bottle doesn't seem too unreasonable and sounds about on par for most other yeast strains.
AdIn said:I naturally carbonate beer in keg by adding actively fermenting beer (krausening). So I take a few quarts of saved wort, aerate it, add yeast and wait till it gets to high krausen, then add to the keg. I used almost 1/3 of a pack of rehydrated yeast and it took 2 days to get 3 quarts of wort to that stage of fermentation which I think was a bit too much.
Iordz said:Lager yeast is usually slower during fermentation and has longer lag times, so I don't think 2 days is too long.
AdIn said:In general 24 hours is considered to be OK. From my experience once I had 2 days lag time the beer had some fusel alcohol smell afterwards. Will be interesting to know how it turns out. And again, this yeast drops down really fast, I would give a shake to yur fermenter to re-suspend it.
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