scottish ale yeast question

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seymour
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Re: scottish ale yeast question

Post by seymour » Wed Feb 05, 2014 3:34 am

I like Muntons okay too, in fact it's kinda one of my secret weapons. It makes a decent estery English ale in its own rite, but even better, it plays nice in a blend of English ale strains. As such, I always keep a couple cheapo packets around for insurance, in case my bottle cultures aren't big enough in time for my brewday, or if the lag-time seems to be dragging too long, etc. I'll stick to my planned special yeast plus Muntons if need be.

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Re: scottish ale yeast question

Post by bosium » Tue Mar 25, 2014 6:35 pm

mysterio wrote:Fair play, I've had some amazing beers brewed with dried yeast too. I've just never had great results myself :)
I've had great results with Danstar Nottingham. Just overpitch (2x sachets for a 20-odd litre batch), rehydrate well beforehand and control fermentation temps to 16C or so. Beautiful, clean beer!

Btw, since when do you live in Canada??!

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