Baking Yeast

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Beer Terrorist

Baking Yeast

Post by Beer Terrorist » Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:37 pm

I was having a conversation last night with a friend from Cambridge, encouraging to get some TC on the go. He was keen but having just moved to Cambridge didn't know where to get brewing yeast, he does work in a kitchen though and can get baking yeast quite easily. I was wondering if anything drinkable could be made from it?

(Also if anyone knows of any HBS in Cambridge I'll pass on the details)
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Beer Terrorist

Post by Beer Terrorist » Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:50 pm

Nice one. Might even (cautiously) try it myself
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steve_flack

Post by steve_flack » Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:58 pm

There's a Basic Brewing Video podcast at the mo where they brewed beer with a bread yeast and made bread with a brewing yeast.
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steve_flack

Post by steve_flack » Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:09 pm

Although the beer was a bit cloudy as the yeast was a poor flocculator, they reckoned both the beer and the bread tasted fine.

Here's a link to the movie in flash format...obviously broadband only.

http://www.basicbrewing.com/index.php?p ... read-yeast
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Post by StrangeBrew » Thu Oct 04, 2007 7:17 pm

I've recently been to Canada and while there I got chatting to a couple of Newfies (Newfoundlanders also well known for there drinking ability) and they said that all they ever use is bread yeast in their brews with good results.
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agentgonzo

Post by agentgonzo » Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:47 pm

If he's after yeast in Cambridge, take a trip out to Milton. The Milton brewery is a fantastic local brewery and the guy who runs it (Richard) is an absolute hoot. He'll let you have a scoop of his yeast. That's what my friend used to do when he was homebrewing in Cambridge - got the yeast cropped straight from the top of the primary!

If he's around Cambridge, I'd also recommend doing the Milton brewery tour. Was only £10 last time I went.
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oblivious

Post by oblivious » Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:50 pm

agentgonzo wrote:If he's after yeast in Cambridge, take a trip out to Milton. The Milton brewery is a fantastic local brewery and the guy who runs it (Richard) is an absolute hoot. He'll let you have a scoop of his yeast. That's what my friend used to do when he was homebrewing in Cambridge - got the yeast cropped straight from the top of the primary!

If he's around Cambridge, I'd also recommend doing the Milton brewery tour. Was only £10 last time I went.
Sweet, yeast straight form the brewery
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Beer Terrorist

Post by Beer Terrorist » Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:42 pm

Tour sounds good. I'm hoping to pop up there soon and was hoping he'd try and organise a brewery tour; no excuse now :lol:
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