Topic: Yeast
Choose The Right Yeast For Your Beer
We spend a lot of time classifying beer into certain styles, such as American pale ale and European dark lager. The yeast a brewer selects plays a big part in defining the flavor and aroma of most beer styles. In this article, we’ll take a look at different types of yeast and how they influence the beers we brew with them.
Harvesting Yeast: Tips from the Pros
You’ve probably used their yeast, so let the brewmaster from Sierra Nevada tell you how they harvest and reuse their strain.
Beauty and the Yeast
You make the wort. but it’s the yeast that turns it into beer. What you can do to ensure that your fungal friends get off to a fast start and finish at the proper specific gravity.
Extract varieties for yeast starters
This question asks for opinions rather than any real facts. I can do that! Strictly speaking, any wort with a gravity ranging from 1.040 to 1.052 works well in starters with respect
The Science of Yeast
The layman’s guide to the science of brewer’s yeast.
Making a Yeast Starter
How to pitch the right amount of yeast and make a starter.
Yeast off-flavors and clarifying beer?
One of the best ways for homebrewers to clarify beer is to simply move the carboy to a refrigerator and hold it cold (38° F is ideal)for at least a week. Chilling
Matching Yeast to Style: Tips from the Pros
Expert advice on the right yeast for the right style.
Round It Up! Collecting Yeast from Bottles
How to collect and culture yeast from a bottle of beer. Snag a strain from a fine Belgian ale or a bottle of German hefeweizen.
Can you step up yeast too much prior to pitching?
Although you had a giant mess on your hands with your excited fermentation, you may have added a normal amount of yeast. In my experience, small yeast packets do not contain enough
Stepping Up Your Starter
The Benefactor of Brewing steps up starters.
Culture In Your Kitchen: Step-by-Step Guide to Growing Yeast
Put on your lab coat and grab a petri dish: Here’s a step-by-step guide to growing your own yeast strains at home.
