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No. Yeast type decides about beer being lager or ale. But you can ferment your kit with ale yeast to get an ale.

Yeast does not care. You will make, hopefully, a nice ale.

https://beerandbrewing.com/how-to-stop-worrying-and-lager/ This is what I do and it works great for me. Then it goes to the kegerator which holds 4 kegs but has only 3 taps. This way the newest beer lagers for another month until it gets connected to the tap. No matter if it is an ale or lager...

Beekeeping.

I freeze yeast collected from the starter and mixed with water+glycerine solution. The oldest I used from my frozen yeast bank were from February 2021. I always make a 1qt starter even from dry yeast. This way I know that they are active.

My kegerator holds 4 kegs and the temperature is set at 52F (11C). As long as there is still beer in the keg this beer is lagered at 11C. Ales are lagered, too. I have only 3 taps, so it takes usually ~1 month for the newest beer to get connected to the tap. This way my lagering time is minimum...

What is a bottle?

I buy 3-packs on Amazon in USA to get it cheaper and then bank starters mixed with glycerine and water in the freezer.