what is the best yeast?

[tatlock]

i have been looking at the cider/turbo cider/supermarket juice brews on this forum for a while.
I have read about people using bread yeast,cider yeast,wine yeast,ale yeast,lager yeast,champagne yeast.
which is the best one to use?
are there no rules???

[Benson_JV]

Heathens use Bread yeast.
Although apparently cider yeast gives the best results, although you can use any style of yeast you wish.

People don't realise how much yeast gives a certain flavour to the beer. I wonder what a Wyeast would be like in a TC

[tubby_shaw]

THE yeast to use for cider making is Whitelabs wlp775
Use the search function and have a read

[Mitchamitri]

Real cider is made without yeast - natural yeasts will make it start itself.

For TC I use champagne yeasr - its very active so kills off nasties.

[DREADSKIN]

PAHHH. as long as it aint breadyeast it wont make a difference. after you third HALF pint you wont care anymore. you will just talk endlessly about either; the state of the world, or the youth of today.
fantastic

[Operator]

I've only used champagne yeast and cider yeast. To my taste the cider yeast is better, the champagne yeast results in a dryer cider. Best bet is to try a few batches with different yeast and extra ingredients, sugar, honey etc. Then when you find one you like you can reproduce it.

Never stop experimenting though

[MartialAnt]

The last TC i made (20L) i used bread yeast & that came out sweeter than the 20L TC with Windsor.
I used Richie wine yeast in a TC, came out fairly dry.
But the driest yet was with Champagne yeast. Was drier than a nuns crotch. By far the best.
Used S-23 lager yeast & that gave a nice fizzy tang on the tongue. Nice & different.

So i'm going with the Champagne yeast from now on. Must buy a few sachets soon so i can get this summers TC on the go. I think 2 x 25L brews will suffice.

[randomdave]

eeeerm... I would be the afore said HEATHEN. I got a 8 packet of bread yeast for a quid and proceeded to make TC using that. The results... Wonderful a great success. Would I waste time getting proper yeast?.... IMHO if it aint broke dont fix it. A gallon of nice cider (with no added chemicals) for 3.50 that doesnt make me look like a wino for drinking it out of a big blue bottle with lightning on it, wonderful

[NWC]

Cider yeast for me as well.
Champagne yeast seemed to give the TC a "salty" taste
Cider yeast = much better