Anyone ever use MJ M76 Bavarian lager yeast ?

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Anyone ever use MJ M76 Bavarian lager yeast ?

Post by Bradbrewsbeer » Sun Feb 07, 2021 4:09 pm

Pitched 2 packs into 20 L of 1.050 California Common that I made yesterday. 24 hours later, no bubbles yet. The wort was 12c and is currently sitting at 11.5c. This is my first lager, just wondering if I'm being impatient
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Re: Anyone ever use MJ M76 Bavarian lager yeast ?

Post by KB1138 » Sun Feb 07, 2021 5:28 pm

RDWHAHB. That kind of lag time is not super unusual
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Re: Anyone ever use MJ M76 Bavarian lager yeast ?

Post by Peterpasha » Sun Feb 07, 2021 5:55 pm

I pitched one pack into 20L of Pilsner in a carboy sitting on my basement cement floor. That was on the 30th, and the damn thing is STILL bubbling away!
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Re: Anyone ever use MJ M76 Bavarian lager yeast ?

Post by BBrianBoogie » Sun Feb 07, 2021 7:34 pm

Lager requires significantly more yeast than ales. 20L of 1.050 wort would require about 40g of yeast, and 50g would be better. Rehydrated.

You'll certainly still make beer, I'm sure it'll kick up soon. Never a bad idea to use a pitch rate calculator in the future. Lagers definitely reward attention to detail.

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Re: Anyone ever use MJ M76 Bavarian lager yeast ?

Post by Bradbrewsbeer » Sun Feb 07, 2021 10:10 pm

Yeah, brewfather told me 3 pks but NG only had 2 in stock , so I let it ride. Krausen is starting to rise , fingers crossed.
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Re: Anyone ever use MJ M76 Bavarian lager yeast ?

Post by McGruff » Mon Feb 08, 2021 8:49 am

My first lager took 72 hours to get going. It turned out great.

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