Dr Vorlauf
Well-Known Member
I need your advise. I am doing a pseudo lager starter now. I am an ale guy and prety green on bottom fermenting yeast. I am used to big krausen and huge blowoffs etc.
My "Lager" starter looks like all the CO2 bubbles are coming out of the bottom. Also when I shake it big volumes of CO2 come out with foaming. Is this normal?
Also how big of a starter should I do? I pitched 1 smak pak of Wyeast 2565 Kolsch in a starter of 1 pint of H20 with 1/2 cup of Pilsner DME. seeing that the activity wasent what I am accustomed to I pitched another pak of the smae yeat and the same H20 and DME.
Today I added 1/4 cup DME and 1/2 pint of H20. Is this enought to pitch into a 12 gallon batch of Kolsch? Right now its built to 2/3 of an 1/2 gallon.
My "Lager" starter looks like all the CO2 bubbles are coming out of the bottom. Also when I shake it big volumes of CO2 come out with foaming. Is this normal?
Also how big of a starter should I do? I pitched 1 smak pak of Wyeast 2565 Kolsch in a starter of 1 pint of H20 with 1/2 cup of Pilsner DME. seeing that the activity wasent what I am accustomed to I pitched another pak of the smae yeat and the same H20 and DME.
Today I added 1/4 cup DME and 1/2 pint of H20. Is this enought to pitch into a 12 gallon batch of Kolsch? Right now its built to 2/3 of an 1/2 gallon.