Hello everyone, I have been lurking on this forum for a while, it always pops up as one of the first source of answers when I google questions. I have been brewing on and off for about 8 years (including a 3 years break where I was moving a lot). Since my hiatus I made 1 lager which came out terribly (I think my plastic fermenters may have gotten old and the water where I was living was very hard).
So this year I plan on getting serious about brewing. I have a black imperial IPA (wasn't supposed to be black, accidentally got chocolate wheat) and regular IPA going, just in the last month. So to slow myself down I plan on starting a lager this weekend.
TLR; making a lager next and have some questions (Munich Helles to be exact).
I may be being a bit overzealous, but I will also be making this my first all-grain. Planning on just an infusion mash, not sure if I am ready for decoction.
My questions are thus:
1. If I buy a vial of White Labs WLP830 Thursday night and begin a starter then in a 2L flask with Wyeast yeast fuel, will I have a good amount of yeast by Saturday morning?
2. Is it a crazy idea to buy two vials of different yeasts and combine them? IE WLP830 and WLP800?
Thank you in advance, I am sorry for being such a novice.
So this year I plan on getting serious about brewing. I have a black imperial IPA (wasn't supposed to be black, accidentally got chocolate wheat) and regular IPA going, just in the last month. So to slow myself down I plan on starting a lager this weekend.
TLR; making a lager next and have some questions (Munich Helles to be exact).
I may be being a bit overzealous, but I will also be making this my first all-grain. Planning on just an infusion mash, not sure if I am ready for decoction.
My questions are thus:
1. If I buy a vial of White Labs WLP830 Thursday night and begin a starter then in a 2L flask with Wyeast yeast fuel, will I have a good amount of yeast by Saturday morning?
2. Is it a crazy idea to buy two vials of different yeasts and combine them? IE WLP830 and WLP800?
Thank you in advance, I am sorry for being such a novice.