homebrewandbeer.com

Has anyone who has used this yeast before tell me how it brews? The reson I'm asking is that I'm doing a Saaz Pilsner and have added the yeast over 24 hours ago, and am not seeing much activity. The current temp is 13C. There is a little condensation, but no frothing or activity in the airlock. Is this normal?

Its a good yeast you should not have a problem

You will find that Saflager is not the fastest yeast especially at lower temps but should be right once it gets going.

Refer http://www.homebrewandbeer.com/forum/vi ... hlight=s23

I've got that yeast in the fermenter at the moment (for a Lager). I created a yeast starter overnight at 25 degrees C, and it was bubbling away nicely when I added it to the fermenter. Once in the fermenter at 15 degrees, it still took a couple of days to get going. So yeah, sounds normal to me.

I too have this yeast in my fermenter with a Morgans Blue Mountain Lager amongst other things
I rehydrated sat arvo and it was bubbling away merrily on sun morning at about 17 degrees

I've got this yeast in my fermenter too (after all, this is the lager season).

Had absolutely no trouble getting it started, I just sprinkled two sachets of it over the top pf the wort when it had cooled down enough and it was bubling furiously the next morning.

Some people reccommend using two sachets when cold fermenting.

Thanks guys. Still not much activity. Might try raising the temp a bit because it has fallen to 11C. If its still not going in a day or two I guess the yeast was dead or something. I did pitch two sachets but didn't re-hydrate. We'll see how it goes.

This is normal for this yeast it is a slow brewer let it go at 13C if you can drop this to 10C and do not expect the activity in the airlock you get with a ale.

what temp would this yeast tolerate before ruining my lager?