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I assume you are only brewing ales at 65-75 degrees. These will typically come out fine without a starter. But you want your lagers to start fast because you want to get them down to fermentation temperature of 50 degrees as quickly as possible. If you don't use a starter with a liquid lager...

I made a 1 1/2 Liter starter with the 2308 Munich Lager yeast and pitched it 24 yours later when there was obvious activity in the airlock on the flask and a good bit of sediment (I occasionally took the airlock off and swirled it around good to get some oxygen in, the airlock is mostly so I...

I have a pilsner ~5.5 ABV that I put into the fridge for lagering about a week ago. This is my first light and lower alcohol lager, as when I do lagers I usually do bocks and maibocks at 6.5 ABV or so and lager for at least a month. How long do you think I need to leave a lighter pilsner in...

Put it in the upper 40s, but pull it out of the cold and bring up to about 65 about 3/4 of the way through the ferment. For a doppelbock, this might be around 1.025. Let it go up to another week at this temperature, or until the ferment is complete AND you can't taste diacetyl. I used this...

Mine started after about 3 days. But I kept it at around 70 degrees until it did. If using this yeast you should probably use a starter and pitch at a higher temp. Also be sure and give it a good diacetyl rest before the yeast is completely done. I gave it 3 days at 60 degrees after the...

Length is about the same, maybe 4 feet.

I acquired a kegerator, typical small fridge type like they sell at Home Depot. It was set up to work with standard commercial beer kegs. I set about converting it to work with my Cornys. Really not that hard, just take apart the turret and replace the tubing and fittings, then do the same...

I pitched the 2206 48 hours ago in a maibock, OG 1.064, did not use a starter. The package did not swell at all before I pitched it about 2 hours after I smacked it. I thought that was unusual since I am used to their American Ale yeast which will swell the pack in an hour and show bubbling in...