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Brew Day - Sunday, March 13, 2011

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I bought some Wyeast Pilsen yeast 2 months ago and haven't used it. I am 0 for 6 in making lagers. I haven't used lager liquid yeast in almost 10 years. I do remember it was okay though. No diacetyl or sulphur that I clearly got using dry lager yeast. So here goes nothing. This is a split batch with US-05 in the other carboy. 3 Dog Lager 14 Gallons 19 lbs. Canada Malt 1 lb. Carapils 50 grams hallertauer - 60 min. 2 Wyeast 2007 Pilsen Lager US-05 O.G. - 1.040 F.G. - 1.010 (Ale) - 1.014 (lager) % - 4 (Ale) 3.4 (lager) SRM - 3 BU - 14 I kegged the ale since the gravity was at 10 and it really had no intention of clearing. I am letting this age for as long as it takes to clear. The lager is still bubbling away slowly. I didn't make a starter for the lager. Since I used 2 pkgs. I thought it would be okay. It is okay, ( a little sulphur still ), but is going away. It still took 2 days to get going. This says to me that I should of used a starter to get the lag time down. Even tho...