Owly055
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I'm planning to brew a lager, and I'd like to do it more or less right. I'll be using a dry yeast, one of the two from Fermentis..... I have both. Dry yeasts from everything I've read have a higher cell count, and experience seems to bare this out. In my 2.5 gallon brews a single packet of US-05 makes a good fast strong start when sprinkled right on the surface. I normally harvest krausen during fermentation which makes a great starter for the next brew... I'm sure I over pitch.
I don't have a good way of making a starter at this point.... just the shake method, though perhaps by the next brew I will have a functional stir plate system. I'm thinking that a very strong active starter is what I want..........
Any thoughts on this?
H.W.
I don't have a good way of making a starter at this point.... just the shake method, though perhaps by the next brew I will have a functional stir plate system. I'm thinking that a very strong active starter is what I want..........
Any thoughts on this?
H.W.