Yeast For Bottling
Yeast For Bottling
Hi all
I currently bottle my beers and generally use Safale S04 in place of the supplied yeasts (Muntons, Woodefordes and Geordie Kits) as the Safale clags to the bottom of the bottle like sh*t to a blanket!
I was wondering if anyone could recommend any other yeasts that have similar properties please.
Just curious
JP
I currently bottle my beers and generally use Safale S04 in place of the supplied yeasts (Muntons, Woodefordes and Geordie Kits) as the Safale clags to the bottom of the bottle like sh*t to a blanket!
I was wondering if anyone could recommend any other yeasts that have similar properties please.
Just curious
JP
I would agree, I had to use a muntons yeast in an AG brew recently as I forgot to buy a sachet of Safeale, it got the wort fermented out in 5 days! I'm sure it aint the yeast, more likely the malt, Safeale does do better with the kits though, it must just be better at handling it and of course you pitch double the amount.DRB wrote:
I dont reckon the yeast is the problem more to do with the malt,i,ve used this yeast quite a few times doing all grain and had no problem at all fermenting out.
Would be interesting, personally I can't be arsed with bottling, seems like a lot of hard work to me. I have however decided that I may bottle half a dozen bottles of each AG just to see the difference, so you might want 3 poll options.J_P wrote:Excellent news - I reckon I'll be doing AG within a month so it's good to know that I have options as far as yeast goes. I must be in a minority bottling my brews - most folks seem to prefer to keg their brews from what I have read round here. Perhaps it's worth posing a poll in the Tap Room
I am preferring mine out of 500ml TTL bottles at the moment rather than the two litre water bottles I've been using - perhaps I'm turning into a beer snobWez wrote:I have however decided that I may bottle half a dozen bottles of each AG just to see the difference
Is that the same with all yeasts in AG brewing or is that what you make a starter for? If so how much wort should I be using for a starter?Daab wrote:Technically you should be pitching two packets of Muntons Gold in an average wort
I did biochemistry with microbiology at uni - it could be the way forward although I've heard that the yeast in the bottle isn't always the same strain as the yeast they ferment the wort with.
The only two I can think of that are bottle conditioned are Summer Lightening and Shepherds Neame Spitfire and I don't rate Shepherds Neame and I've never found there to be much yeast in the SL
The only two I can think of that are bottle conditioned are Summer Lightening and Shepherds Neame Spitfire and I don't rate Shepherds Neame and I've never found there to be much yeast in the SL
Fullers 1845 is safe bet, or try your local micro's BCA. It can take a brew to get the yeast count up - like I said a challenge.
I'll be honest once I "proved I could do it" and discovered Wyeast Thames Valley I lost interest. In my time I've used Fullers, Shepherd Neame, Marstons, Cottage, Chiltern, Hogsback and Youngs.
I'll be honest once I "proved I could do it" and discovered Wyeast Thames Valley I lost interest. In my time I've used Fullers, Shepherd Neame, Marstons, Cottage, Chiltern, Hogsback and Youngs.