Home Brewing

[TringSaint]

They are quite good and they are set for different beer types

 

[Morkai]

They are quite good and they are set for different beer types

Ive seen people reference them when looking up M44 on the homebrew forums.

I need to get a few types in to try, but I dont really drink much so it would take me a while.

 

[Essexsussex]

Ive seen people reference them when looking up M44 on the homebrew forums.

I need to get a few types in to try, but I dont really drink much so it would take me a while.

They are a good basis for most beer - red for pale ale blue for bitters. Also often overlooked is plain old Nottingham yeast, really very good in bitters and at a pinch for pale ale.

 

[Morkai]

They are a good basis for most beer - red for pale ale blue for bitters. Also often overlooked is plain old Nottingham yeast, really very good in bitters and at a pinch for pale ale.

Yeah, Ive been watching a lot of stuff recently, Nottingham comes up quite a bit, London III etc.

 

[Essexsussex]

Yeah, Ive been watching a lot of stuff recently, Nottingham comes up quite a bit, London III etc.

Realised how boring I’ve become…I’ll stop posting about yeast now

 

[Morkai]

Realised how boring I’ve become…I’ll stop posting about yeast now

Ive been painting miniatures this afternoon, so I suppose we are both pretty cool.

 

[VSS]

Best thing you can do is keep your own yeast. Use the sludge from one brew to start the next.
Each brew will be a little stronger than the one that preceeded it.

 

[Morkai]

Best thing you can do is keep your own yeast.

From between your toes?

 

[Morkai]

It really depends what you want to brew.

 

[VSS]

From between your toes?

You will see I added a bit to my post, in anticipation of precisely that kind of silly response

 

[Morkai]

You will see I added a bit to my post, in anticipation of precisely that kind of silly response

I dont think that would work for me as the yeast you want for a wheat beer isnt the yeast you would for a NEIPA or a sour.

 

[VSS]

It really depends what you want to brew.

Once you've found a good brew that works for you, just stick with it and churn it out in bulk and to hell with all the other fancy alternatives.

 

[Morkai]

Once you've found a good brew that works for you, just stick with it and churn it out in bulk and to hell with all the other fancy alternatives.

I could chug Landlord everytime, but I do like quite a few styles of beers, depending on my mood and the weather.

 

[royalewithcheese]

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I rate the Safale yeasts, s-04 and wb-06 are staple ones for me too!

 

[VSS]

I dont think that would work for me as the yeast you want for a wheat beer isnt the yeast you would for a NEIPA or a sour.

I used to brew 5 gallons every week, and I used one 5 gramme sachet of yeast per year.

 

[angusb1]

My favourite yeast is this one WLP002 English Ale Yeast - PurePitch® Next Generation It's the yeast from Fullers and it's a bit different because it doesn't metabolise maltotriose so you get a bit of residual sweetness plus it also has a slight marmalade flavour

 

[Essexsussex]

My favourite yeast is this one WLP002 English Ale Yeast - PurePitch® Next Generation It's the yeast from Fullers and it's a bit different because it doesn't metabolise maltotriose so you get a bit of residual sweetness plus it also has a slight marmalade flavour

At that price it’s a good one to save and reuse a few times! I expect its great though.

Dark star said they’d let me collect slopes from their tanks if I took a bottle. I never got round to it. My nearer actual craft brewery uses safale dry yeast mainly.

Damn I thought I was going to stop going on about yeast.

 

[angusb1]

At that price it’s a good one to save and reuse a few times! I expect its great though.

Yes I built a stir plate out of an old computer fan and a couple of magnets out of a broken hard drive and I used to get a few 75 litre batches out of one pack so it ended up not costing much at all really. I'd grow the one pack in a flask with a magnet flea on the stir plate and save a bit then grow it again for the next batch. I think I got 6x 75 litre batches out of one pack once.

It's got a very different flavour to a lot of other yeasts, in a stronger beer especially when you keep it for a few months you get a marmalade flavour which is lovely.

 

[Essexsussex]

Yes I built a stir plate out of an old computer fan and a couple of magnets out of a broken hard drive and I used to get a few 75 litre batches out of one pack so it ended up not costing much at all really. I'd grow the one pack in a flask with a magnet flea on the stir plate and save a bit then grow it again for the next batch. I think I got 6x 75 litre batches out of one pack once.

It's got a very different flavour to a lot of other yeasts, in a stronger beer especially when you keep it for a few months you get a marmalade flavour which is lovely.

Sounds ace

 

[Morkai]

They are a good basis for most beer - red for pale ale blue for bitters. Also often overlooked is plain old Nottingham yeast, really very good in bitters and at a pinch for pale ale.

Looks like there was a mix up in ordering the other day, so I now have some Nottingham yeast in my possession.