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DW:
It's been 72 hours and no bubbling or krausen yet.  It's a 1.04 light lager based on the recipe in Brewing Classic Styles.  I pitched the recommend 3 Wyeast packages at 44 degrees, and slowly brought the temp up to 50, where it is now.  NO activity at all.  The smack packs did not swell very much initially.  I wonder if the yeast were inactive.  The package said Sep of 2012, so they had been stored in a cold fridge for 4 months.  Any help?  Not sure what to do.....

a10t2:
Did you aerate/oxygenate? It sounds like you did everything else right, so all you can do is wait it out.

DW:

--- Quote from: a10t2 on January 14, 2013, 06:21:37 pm ---Did you aerate/oxygenate? It sounds like you did everything else right, so all you can do is wait it out.

--- End quote ---

I aerated with an aquarium pump for about 30minutes. 

davidgzach:
I think you forgot to switch from ale to lager in Mr Malty and looked at the "# of packs needed with starter" line.  It's 5 packs if you switch it to lager and 14.8 packs if you look at "# of packs needed without starter". 

I think at this point you just need to wait out the lag phase for another day or two and then lager it for a while......

Dave

theDarkSide:
I agree with Dave on waiting.  Even with a starter, it takes a couple days for krausen on mine to show.  Only problem is that it is going to be severely underpitched.

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