How long should it take for liquid yeast to finish. This is my first time using liquid (wlp 810 san Francisco lager) yeast and as of tomorrow it will be 2 weeks at 60 degrees but the airlock is still going strong. I'm used to dry yeast fininshing much faster. Should this be finished or do I have a potential problem.
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PoppinCaps
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If you pitched just the package with no starter, you may have under pitched, especially for a lager, which will drag out fermentation somewhat. If you did a starter, what was the size? Dry yeast will have much more viable yeast to start. Also 2 weeks for a lager is not unheard of. Agreed, take a gravity reading.
d3track
Are you sure about that?
Lagers will take longer (generally) and one vial is probably going to take even longer to chew through everything.
