Real brewers yeast and a Wherry kit

[Smifta]

I just went down the local brewery (Rebellion Brewery in Marlow, near High Wycombe), I bought some of their excellent brews from the shop and cheekily took along a sterilised thermos. They were more than happy to fill it with a fresh batch of their brewers yeast.

I am planning on throwing some of it into a Wherry kit, just to see what happens. Can't be a bad thing, can it?

If all is well I plan on using this a regular source of good yeast. Even if they don't have any available at the time I can always farm it from their bottle conditioned ales they sell.

Question: If brewers yeast if as good as they say (Graham Wheeler et al) why don't more people do this?

(and HI EVERYBODY!)

[davvac]

Good shout there Smifta.

Make sure you keep the board posted with your progress. I struggled with the required attenuation on a Wherry kit using the supplied yeast, but I've had a very good ferment on a Nelsons Revenge (also Woodfordes) using Safale 04.

How much of the Marlow yeast are you adding?

Cheers

Dave

[Smifta]

How much yeast? Errrr, about "that" much!
Maybe 100ml or so.

I warmed it to 20c (same a the wort) and chucked it in. Fingers crossed.