Brewferm Blanche
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oblivious
Brewferm Blanche
Has anyone used Brewferm Blanche dry yeast, this issue of BYO listed it as acceptable dry yeast for wit and wheat beers. I was wondering why the brewing public thought of it?
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bod
thanks to phil i think most people on the forum have used this yeast! viewtopic.php?t=383
certainly gets the thumbs up from me!
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Calum
I used it and the beer is bottle conditioning at the moment. This might take a while considering the amount of sugar I used to acheive this. I did skelp back the odd half pint at the end of the bottling and thought it was very good indeed - it just needed the CO2 and chilling.
However, I bought a bottle of Belgian Wheat Beer from M&S at the weekend and I think mine will compare quite well this this. The flavours are not too strong but it is a refreshing drink. The M&S stuff used some corriander and some orange peel which again wasn't too overpowering (I might consider this next time).
I would certainly use it again.
One question I have. In the wheat beer book I have it talks about using the yeast off the top to be used for subsequent brews. The fermentation was quite active and at one point the yeast was pouring over the top of the bucket so i assume that doing tthis would not be to the detriment of the beer. Has anyone done this with the Blanche or do you think it is worthwhile? How long would this keep in the fridge?
However, I bought a bottle of Belgian Wheat Beer from M&S at the weekend and I think mine will compare quite well this this. The flavours are not too strong but it is a refreshing drink. The M&S stuff used some corriander and some orange peel which again wasn't too overpowering (I might consider this next time).
I would certainly use it again.
One question I have. In the wheat beer book I have it talks about using the yeast off the top to be used for subsequent brews. The fermentation was quite active and at one point the yeast was pouring over the top of the bucket so i assume that doing tthis would not be to the detriment of the beer. Has anyone done this with the Blanche or do you think it is worthwhile? How long would this keep in the fridge?
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Seveneer
I really like this yeast in my Hefe recipe. I've had varying amounts of banana though depending on the fermentation temperature.
I reckon the best I had was with a room temperature of around 20C over the summer. That batch had a very definite banana flavour although still subtle.
The batch I have now has very little banana but is still a hefeweizen true to type.
/Phil.
I reckon the best I had was with a room temperature of around 20C over the summer. That batch had a very definite banana flavour although still subtle.
The batch I have now has very little banana but is still a hefeweizen true to type.
/Phil.
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guildofevil
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Seveneer