So I'm brewing my first lager, is a Doppelbock. Brew day was on Monday October 3rd. 7 days later I don't see any activity yet so I decided to do some research about the yeast. The yeast that I got was Wyeast Bavarian Lager, but after reading reviews of people having trouble with that particular strain of yeast, I decided to go to my local brew shop and buy some yeast. They only had 2 lager strains: White Labs Pilsner and White Labs Oktoberfest. I decided to go with the the Oktoberfest, that was on Tuesday October 11th. So i decided to put my temperature controller to 68 degrees, and made a starter, which I was still working on tonight.
So I went ahead to check my chest freezer, open it up, and my Doppelbock is bubbling!!! I guess my yeast felt asleep, and bringing the temp up helped it. What should I do with my Oktoberfest yeast? How can I preserve it for another beer? OR should I dump it on my Doppelbock anyways? Would it be ok having 2 different strains?
Thanks
So I went ahead to check my chest freezer, open it up, and my Doppelbock is bubbling!!! I guess my yeast felt asleep, and bringing the temp up helped it. What should I do with my Oktoberfest yeast? How can I preserve it for another beer? OR should I dump it on my Doppelbock anyways? Would it be ok having 2 different strains?
Thanks