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wet hopping my "homegrown IPA"

Harvesting a few ounces of cascade hops

bottling day

artistic view of bottle caps

beer.

It's a Maibock. Starting OG is supposed to be about 1.066. Beersmith is telling me I need 450 billion yeast cells.

Doesn't seem Like a lot, .25 inch on the bottom of 1 gallon jug. I'll figure out how to add a pic and post it.

Thanks everyone for your input. I have the starter sitting in my fridge, but I have this uneasy feeling that something is wrong with it. Is it reasonable and practical to use this yeast to double up and repeat the starter (my recipe called for a 1 Gallon starter, I did a 1/2 gallon starter)...

To update: at about 24 hrs I started to get little tiny bubbles and the yeast wasn't settling like it did in the beginning. I Let it go for about 48 hours and took SG to find it at 1.010 (started at 1.040) So I'm going to put it in the fridge now and see if the yeast cake settles out. When...

Hi all. My first Lager and my first yeast starter attempt; I'm not sure if all is going well. Wyeast 2124 Bohemian smack pack activated last night about 5pm, allowed to sit for 4 hours at room temp (~75F) (swelled to about 3/4 full). Made starter with 3000ml of RO water and 300g light DME -...