Lager pitch rate: 1.5 M cells/mL/°P, double the ale rate.
Also White & Zainasheff. The doubling isn't a safety margin. A lager
ferment is cold and slow and the yeast reproduces less in the wort, so the
cells have to be there at pitch instead of being grown in the beer.
Lager pitch rate: 1.5 M cells/mL/°P, double the ale rate.
Also White & Zainasheff. The doubling isn't a safety margin. A lager ferment is cold and slow and the yeast reproduces less in the wort, so the cells have to be there at pitch instead of being grown in the beer.