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Cheers all. I'm thinking I'm going to rack in a few days after I get my next load of grains in so I can harvest the yeast and use in a dunkel. The only question is whether I should use a bucket with some headspace for this? How about bottling and lagering in there? Sent from my Nexus 5 using...

Simple as that really. I'm bringing my first lager down in temp after the d rest. Should I just leave it in there on the cake or transfer to a secondary bucket? It's been in primary for 2 weeks fermenting with wyeast 2633. I could also cold crash and transfer to a keg and lager in there but i...

So, my primary fermentation has gone pretty well after a slow start. Took a gravity reading yesterday and it was down to 1016. As it had slowed right down, I decided to start the d rest and put on a brew belt to warm things up. Couple of questions: after the d rest I'm planning to lager in a...

Well we're almost a week in, slowed down a little but still fermenting healthily. Tested this morning and we were just a shade under 1030, still tonnes of yeast in suspension so I'm not going to warm yet. Think I'll keep a close eye on it, hopefully we'll get down to a good fg as I like my...

So I'll keep an eye on it, do a gravity reading every few days, when it gets down to about 1030, put it on my heat pad and hold it at, 15C? 20C? Warmer? Until it finishes. Then go to secondary and lager for several weeks? Thanks guys! Sent from my Nexus 5 using Home Brew mobile app

Well, we're bubbling along at a good rate now. As a precursor, what if the yeast don't finish the job? Also If I was to brew this or something similar again, would the yeast in the primary be good to harvest or have my mistakes on this batch ruined the chances of having another go? Sent from...

Yeah I realise that, severe regret going on right now. Oh well I'll just have to make another batch Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

We'll it seems the wisdom of experience is borne out. Fermentation has begun... Slowly. Hopefully we'll be motoring along nicely in a day or two. Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

Also, s-23 is a dry yeast. I have 2 packs coming, do I need to make a starter? I was planning to simply rehydrate both packs and throw it in. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Home Brew mobile app

Thanks guys, guess I need to sit tight for a while yet. I suppose my next question is; if, after 72 hours the gravity hasn't changed, how should I re-pitch? I've read if the wort hasn't started to ferment, it's OK to aerate again. I could even rack off the trub and the old yeast, bring back to a...

So I'm a relative newb. This is my second all grain batch, 1st lager, 1st time using liquid yeast. Our house is cold right now so I figured I'd take advantage of the conditions and tried a Vienna lager. The recipe is a smash, 100% Vienna malt with magnum for bittering at 60min. Brew day went...