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THIS. likely 1 pack is enough if the wort is less than 1.050 which with 10 lbs of pilsner in 6 gallons should be iirc. i find this...

i just saw warm......definitely one pack

My best lager was made with 3 sachets of 34/70. I had 3 left in my fridge and didn't want one sachet left over because I was starting to...

Cool, and thanks, Knightshade. Yeah, I also pitch directly. Always worry about bugs with rehydrating.

I've got a lager conditioning right now that I pitched 2 packets of 34/70 for. It took a little bit to take off, to a level that I felt...

No need for more. You don't even really need 2 for that recipe at warm temps. 1.5 would be plenty, but at 6 gallons and around 5% and...

This is great, IslandLizard! Thanks so much for the tips and insight into the dry yeast.

I agree with @lumpher, the 2 sachets should be plenty to do the job. Dry yeast doesn't lose viability that much or quickly over time...

Hey, thanks, lumpher! That makes sense, but I had set my starter for pressure fermentation with the temps listed above. Do you think I...

If you're fermenting 6 gallons in the mid 60's temps, I'd use 2 packs, not 3. The calculators assume you're fermenting in the low to mid...

Hey all, This weekend I'm brewing 6gal (22.7L) of my SMaSH Czech-ish Pilsner, using Saflager 34/70. The packets I bought were created in...