question about a starter for a lager

[robbieo13]

Getting ready to do my first lager. The recipe calls for fermenting it at 50 degrees. When i make my starter do i want to keep it at 50 degrees also while it gets going?
thanks

 

[Got Trub?]

You can make lager starters at room temperature or at fermentation temperature. I make mine at room temp then chill, decant the spent beer and then equilibrate the yeast slurry to pitching temp before adding it too my wort.

GT

 

[944play]

You can also cheat and use dry yeast. Two packs of Saflager W-34/70 will get you in the vicinity of two packs of WLP830 in a two-gallon starter, enough for 5 gallons of normal-gravity (1.050ish) wort.