Mr. Wizard
Topic: Yeast
Re-Pitching Yeast
Re-pitching of yeast is a normal method used by brewers around the globe. Although the practice is simple, there are a few rules that may make the method less than ideal for
Wild Yeast Pitch Rates
Pitching rates for wild yeast and bacteria are really all over the place. Brettanomyces species can be used in place of Saccharomyces species for the primary fermentation of wort into beer. Brettanomyces
Warm Fermenting Yeast
What’s that old adage? When the Pacific Northwest presents you with warm, summer weather get outside and enjoy it before the rain returns. Or is that just the hype intended to ward
Yeast Washing
I too question the desire of many brewers to acid wash their yeast. But before diving into why yeast washing is used I want to touch on another topic raised in your
Amylase Enzymes
At first glance, wort fermentability could be the problem with this brew. It seems that plenty of healthy yeast was used, the wort was well oxygenated and fermentation conducted at a very
Yeast Starters for Yeast Blends
If I had to choose between using an old mixed yeast culture that has the “correct” ratio of yeast cells that the yeast supplier used in the blend or using a vital
Rehydrating Dried Yeast
The Wiz weighs in on whether to rehydrate dry yeast and defuses a bottle explosion problem.
Getting Yeast From the Bottle
Culturing yeast, high gravity brewing.
Yeast Starter Temperature
The Wiz warms up talking about lager yeast starters and clarifies a question about chill haze.
Predicting yeast flavors with temperature fluctuation
The batch size for most homebrewers has been around 5 gallons (19 L) for a very long time, and keeping this volume of fermenting beer cool is not difficult. Recently, however, many
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
