good luck. Mine took 90+ hours to take off in a 55 degree garage. Its doing its diacetyl rest now and will be racked for lagering later this week. Going to have to use patience with this one
I used a dry yeast. Can't remember which one at the moment. I'm a newbie and didn't realize the importance of a starter with a lager. Now I know. Had me worried for a few days though
I was actually shooting for 1.042 to have this as a low-ABV beer, but the long boil and wort-loss from BIAB got it all the way up to 1.052. I just dumped the whole starter (2 liter) instead of decanting to hopefully dilute it a bit. I'm thinking about doing an identical brew and using S-04 just to see what the difference in taste is.