any ideas for a youngs harvest bitter and lager

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i made up the lager kit as per daabs advice last night.
my Hb shop didn't stock saflager but youngs lager yeast, which says on the back that it is a 'genuine botom fermenting lager yeast'.

I sprinkled this onto the wort, last night, at around 25oc, left it half hour , and it looked like it had rehydrated, then i gently stirred in. this morning, nothing happening.

i left it till this evening, then added another sachet sprinkiling on top, and stiiring 1/2 hr after. ( as the sachet only contains 5g, i thought double the ammount would be advisable anyway.

hopefully yeast will kick in in morning, does lager yeast tend to take a while to start?

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right. could you just remind me what ideal temperature for fermenting lager is? also i've read that after first ferment, then you move it to a cooler place for a longer period, is this in the keg or in primary?

also i can get hold of a fridge that i think will fit a fermenting bucket, or keg . when would i use this?

i'm also avidly collecting 500ml PET bottles with a view to bottling the lager

cheers in advance

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cheers daab, just thought i'd let you know i followed your advice for the coopers ipa and the scottish heavy, (on page one of this topic) .

they've been in their kegs for a couple of weeks now and already they taste excellent, best i've made so far. it really is so much better using spray malt as opposed to sugar.

a lesson learnt

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what does 'mean' does it mean basically conditioning at a cold temp for 6 weeks? if so, would it be best in a fridge and at what temp?

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cheers, yeah it was lagering i meant, not sure where that went !