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That's their California lager strain. Logic says that would be the anchor strain but yeast company marketing is wonky so who knows lol

Thanks I will check that out one day. I started brewing in the mid to late 2000s and started with extracts and CP’s The Complete Joy Of...

I'd actually recommend giving Omega German Lager 1 DKO a shot. That yeast is awesome! Outside of that Charlies fist bump is a strain...

I have had the same issue consistently also. What I do is turn off the heater when doughing in, give the grains a good stir, turn on...

Before bed last night, around 11pm, there was still no bubbling in the airlock, although it did seem to be building pressure slowly...

I ended up buying the Imperial L13. Same strain. The beverage factory outlet I went to was out of the WLP830. Bummer because they have...

I think you'll be just fine. May want to try sticking to around 64F and see what you think. If it's similar to wlp830 it'll accentuate...

I recently warm fermented with WLP830 with no ill effects. With that said there absolutely is a difference with the Weinstephaner strain...

I'm sipping on a blonde ale fermented with novalager now. I will say this isn't the cleanest lager strain nor is it crisp. I could see...

I think homebrew4life fermented that strain warm under pressure and had positive results. Maybe try 1 bar around 60F?

Heck if I know lol It's been forever and a day since I've used that strain, or a variant ;)

I wanted to report back. I take back everything I said about this being an American red. After 2 weeks in the keg, with gelatin, the...

You can usually go with ale pitch rates when fermented warm. But it certainly would not hurt to use two packs or even a starter.

i've had great success repitching 34/70. for the past 3 years i've followed the same spring brew process: warm-ferment 3 x 5gal batches...

I just dough in a 1.8qts per lb and call it a day