Bottling first lager

Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:56 am

So, I am set to bottle my first lager next weekend and have a question that I am sure has been answered on the forum before, I just am too lazy to spend more than 10 min looking:

My lager has been sitting in the low 40's F for a about 8 weeks and I still bottle. Should I introduce some new yeast to when I bottle so is there usually enough viable yeast that gets stirred up when racking?

I have a Wyeast Kolsch yeast smack pack in already, would that make a good yeast if I need it? How much healthy yeast should I add?

So far, my lager has been going well, except for the warm temps this past week in Minnesota. Thanks to J Palmer and this forum.
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Re: Bottling first lager

Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:28 am

olafphysics wrote:So, I am set to bottle my first lager next weekend and have a question that I am sure has been answered on the forum before, I just am too lazy to spend more than 10 min looking:

My lager has been sitting in the low 40's F for a about 8 weeks and I still bottle. Should I introduce some new yeast to when I bottle so is there usually enough viable yeast that gets stirred up when racking?

I have a Wyeast Kolsch yeast smack pack in already, would that make a good yeast if I need it? How much healthy yeast should I add?

So far, my lager has been going well, except for the warm temps this past week in Minnesota. Thanks to J Palmer and this forum.



If I were you i would add about 1/4 of the yeast pack and bottle it.
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