[bassface74]

Is it a good or bad idea to pitch a little yeast in the bottling bucket before actually bottling?

[denny]

99%  of the time, it's unnecessary.  I only consider it for beers over maybe 1.085-1.090 and that have been in secondary for more than a few months.  I guess it couldn't hurt, but you really should have to for any "average" beer.

[ndcube]

99%  of the time, it's unnecessary.  I only consider it for beers over maybe 1.085-1.090 and that have been in secondary for more than a few months.  I guess it couldn't hurt, but you really should have to for any "average" beer.

What about beers that have been lagered for a month?

[denny]

99%  of the time, it's unnecessary.  I only consider it for beers over maybe 1.085-1.090 and that have been in secondary for more than a few months.  I guess it couldn't hurt, but you really should have to for any "average" beer.

What about beers that have been lagered for a month?

I've never found it necessary in that situation.

[bboy9000]

I'm getting ready to bottle a couple of lagers that fermnted for a month then lagered for three months.  A friend suggested I should consider pitching some yeast when bottling.  He pitched 2-3g of yeast for 5 gallons of pilsner that tasted great so I was thinking about 1.5g of yeast for a 2.5 gallon batch of a lager.  This is my first lager beer.  Is pitching yeast when bottling necessary after Lagering for this long?  Sorry to revive such an old thread, but a after a quick search this was the most relevant information I found.

[tygo]

It would probably be fine without but if it were me I'd pitch some just to be on the safe side after 3 months.