mfdes
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I've used WLP800 Pilsen Lager in my last pilsner. As the yeast was nearing its use-by date I used, as usual, a 2L starter, stepped up from a 500mL starter. I pitched at 8 degrees C. Fermented 8-10 degrees. OG was 1.052.
I noticed the starter was a bit slow, but on pitching the lag phase was over 36h and almost three weeks on fermentation hasn't slowed down. I'd only used Wyeast 2007 Pilsen Lager before. I would have thought the yeasts from the two manufacturers to be roughly equivalent, if not necessarily similar in character. With the Wyeast I'd never had fermentations last more than a week and a half at this temperature.
Is it anybody else's experience that this yeast is really sluggish?
MFS
I noticed the starter was a bit slow, but on pitching the lag phase was over 36h and almost three weeks on fermentation hasn't slowed down. I'd only used Wyeast 2007 Pilsen Lager before. I would have thought the yeasts from the two manufacturers to be roughly equivalent, if not necessarily similar in character. With the Wyeast I'd never had fermentations last more than a week and a half at this temperature.
Is it anybody else's experience that this yeast is really sluggish?
MFS