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Off flavours

October 25, 2021 stephen gale

I seem to have encountered a couple of problems recently with off flavours. I am struggling to pin down the…

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Posted in: Cleaning, Contamination, Yeast

Repackaging US-05

August 4, 2021 stephen gale

I have just finished a 500g block of Fermentis US-05 yeast that I repackaged in October 2020 into 20g sachets.…

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Posted in: Fermentation, Packaging, Yeast

Producing a hazy, hoppy beer

October 20, 2020 stephen gale

I have noticed that a number of the hoppy IPAs that I really like have significant haze to them. They…

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Posted in: Fermentation, Hops, Yeast Filed under: hoppy hazy IPA

Repackaging yeast

October 7, 2020 stephen gale 2 Comments

Sometimes, it is expensive being a homebrewer! I have mentioned the price of hops before. But yeast is another example…

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Posted in: Ingredients, Yeast Filed under: dried yeast, repackaging, vacuum sealing

Yeast Pitching Rate

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I haven’t really paid too much attention to the amount of yeast that I have been adding to my beer.…

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Posted in: Ingredients, Yeast Filed under: Fermentis, pitching rate, US-05

Kviek Voss Update

September 17, 2020 stephen gale

I recently brewed a trial beer with Lallemand’s Kveik Voss yeast, here’s more of an update. So it took 3…

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Posted in: Fermentation, Gravity Readings, Yeast Filed under: Kviek Voss

Kviek Voss

September 14, 2020 stephen gale 1 Comment

I thought I would give this Norwegian based yeast from Lallemand a try. According to the description, it has flavor…

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Posted in: Fermentation, Ingredients, Yeast Filed under: Kviek Voss

Clearing So-La

September 6, 2020 stephen gale

I use bottle conditioning with the majority of my beer. I do have some Corny kegs, but it is early…

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Posted in: Fermentation, Ingredients, Yeast Filed under: bottle conditioning

Clearing Verdant IPA

September 4, 2020 stephen gale 1 Comment

Normally, after 48 hours after bottling, most of my beers have 80-90% cleared. This isn’t the case with this Verdant…

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Posted in: Fermentation, Yeast Filed under: bottle conditioning, Verdant Yeast

Verdant Blonde IPA

September 2, 2020 stephen gale 2 Comments

I have seen a lot of press recently about Verdant IPA Yeast from Lallemand, so I thought I would give…

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Posted in: Fermentation, Yeast Filed under: beer fermentation, Verdant Yeast

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