Fake lager questions

[Bribie G]

Not sure how Bacchus do their lagers nowadays but back when I lived in SEQ they did everything at 19 degrees for 10 days then cold conditioned for 10 days, using dry lager yeasts. All turned out nice and clean.

 

[supertonio]

Thanks for all the replies

Was going to go this route for a couple of reasons

On one hand I couldn't really be arsed making the big starter required for a lager

It's true that I can lager and ferment cool due to my fridge but was really looking for something that could ferment quickly and not have to have a super long lagering period.

A lot of fake lager recipes and discussion indicate Nottingham is quite good in achieving the goals mentioned above.

 

[mxd]

S189 works fine at 18 to 19

For my 1045 type beers (using dry yeast) I don't make starters and just sprinkle over the top of well oxinginated wort