Topic: Yeast
Storing yeast starters
Reusing yeast is certainly one of those things that makes sense from a cost-savings perspective. Indeed, brewers have been harvesting yeast crops at the end of fermentation, temporarily storing the yeast and
Blending Yeast Strains
I know that my conservative brewing advice probably irritates many readers and I am likely going to irritate you with my answer, so please take no offense. So let me re-state your
Is yeast presence a major head retention inhibitor?
Good foam is something that many brewers like on their brews for aesthetic and mouthfeel reasons. Foam looks appetizing on top of a pint of brew and also adds texture to the
Understanding Pitching Rates
Wizard responds: I went to the Wyeast Web site to do a little bit of recon before answering this question. I found the site very informative and did see much of the
Using Yeast Nutrients
Yeast do not live by maltose alone. Find out what nutrients they need and how to ensure you have the proper amount in your wort.
Yeast Metabolism
How yeast ferment sugar and produce flavor and aroma compounds.
Yeast Culturing
Start your own yeast lab.
Yeast Handling
Advice on how to handle your yeast and manage your fermentations.
Yeast Biology
How did Saccharomyces cerevisiae become a good brewing yeast?
Attenuation Information
Man: [Peering at his hydrometer, floating high in its jar] “That’s funny”
His Wife: “What’s wrong?”
Man: “My FG is low. I wasn’t expecting Diminished Attenuation.”
(The door flies open and three Cardinals wearing red robes enter. The first is tall with a dark scraggly beard, the second is wearing a scooter helmet and the third is heavily bearded with an eager gleam in his eyes…)
Local Yeast
The Wiz has a wild answer to a question about locally-brewed beer.
Yeast Pitching Rates
Yeast do not want to make beer. They want to grow. The yeast do not care what kind of beer you want to make. They simply take stock of the food resources,
