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@Mer-man I did rehydrate with 310ml at 74F which is in between their 68F-77F recommended band. I am thinking it may be sluggish bc it dropped to 36F on the first night. Any thought to try and give it a shake to resuspend the yeast?

So I understand that there is a longer lag time than ales when it comes to lagers, just curious if I should be worried? I pitched my yeast ~50 hours ago from when I took these pictures last night. It is aproaching 65 hours now and and used my airstone and air pump for 20 min to oxygenate prior...

I am guessing I have somewhere 540 billion cells.

So I understand that there is a longer lag time than ales when it comes to lagers, just curious if I should be worried? I pitched my yeast ~50 hours ago and and used my airstone and air pump for 20 min to oxygenate. I am using 3 dry packs of Mangrove Jack's M76 Bavarian Lager yeast. My OG was...

I used 2 smack packs of the Irish Ale yeast and made a 1.020 5L starter and decanted most of the liquid to leave behind the slurry. I used an aquarium air pump attached to a stainless rod and air stone for 10 min. Maintaining the fermenter temp at 64-68F. And the current Gravity Is 1.040. I...

Hey there malt lovers, I brewed a 15 gallon batch of oatmeal stout last weekend. I used 8 lbs. of flaked oats and half were toasted lightly in my oven. I also added 2 jars of molasses, ~1Kg, 2 lbs. of lactose, 1 lb of cocoa nibs and .5 lbs of maltodextrin along with the rest of the grain bill. I...