Winter yeast tales & a warning
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 9:31 am
Howdy,
First the good news.
Saflarger S23 by Fermentis aint cheap and you really need to yeast bomb your second and subsequent washes so you only need to buy it once at the start of winter and just keep going. If your having break pop some active wash in a jar loose lid, little extra cooled dissolved sugar and dap, into the fridge.
Tried Brew Cellar Premium Lager Yeast as it has a better pitching rate and is $5.50 my local HBS vs. $7.50
http://www.brewcellar.com.au/beerrange/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=34
A typical larger slow start say 2-3 hours on a Rye sugar/cooked Rye wash, and is happily plodding along in week two at a reasonable rate. happy!
Yeast bombed second wash, it's away nicely so robust enough for re pitching.
I'm not a rum drinker but house mate is...finally got to put down three rum washes down this weekend with S23 =fail. Busted that $22 experiment.
No other changes identical conditions but a lager yeast on these washes is DOA.
This is the second lot for a rum that has failed.
I'd suggest not considering a lager yeast for a rum wash as a result.
bt1
First the good news.
Saflarger S23 by Fermentis aint cheap and you really need to yeast bomb your second and subsequent washes so you only need to buy it once at the start of winter and just keep going. If your having break pop some active wash in a jar loose lid, little extra cooled dissolved sugar and dap, into the fridge.
Tried Brew Cellar Premium Lager Yeast as it has a better pitching rate and is $5.50 my local HBS vs. $7.50
http://www.brewcellar.com.au/beerrange/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=34
A typical larger slow start say 2-3 hours on a Rye sugar/cooked Rye wash, and is happily plodding along in week two at a reasonable rate. happy!
Yeast bombed second wash, it's away nicely so robust enough for re pitching.
I'm not a rum drinker but house mate is...finally got to put down three rum washes down this weekend with S23 =fail. Busted that $22 experiment.
No other changes identical conditions but a lager yeast on these washes is DOA.
This is the second lot for a rum that has failed.
I'd suggest not considering a lager yeast for a rum wash as a result.
bt1