Do you need to keep you lager yeast starter at cold temps? I was under the assumption that you could make the starter at room temp, pitch at room temp, then put it into the fermentation chamber. I can't make a cold starter. Please put my mind at ease.
Lager yeast starter temp?
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You can do either. Like you stated, if you do the starter at room temps, make sure you decant most of the wort before you pitch. I've started making my lager starters in my fermentation chamber since I have the capability of running my stirplate in my chamber at lager temps. But, it isn't necessary.
SpeedYellow
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Growing the starter at room temp is fine, but many / most people avoid pitching at room temp. Yeast don't like to be cooled too rapidly.
SpeedYellow
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By the way, you also don't want to pitch the yeast where there's more than maybe a 5F differential in temp. Yeast don't like to be shocked either. Big babies.
