Brewlab yeast slopes

[mirsultankhan]

GW says that these are superior to liquid yeast as they are cultured under brewery like conditions. The directions for use are to make a 300ml starter, pour some into the vial, shake it to remove the yeast strains from the wort based medium and culture it up.

I was just wondering but 300ml seems a very small starter for a 23 litre batch of Britannias finest Ale.

Has anyone had any experience of using these and can comment? I may try to contact Brewlab or ask the people that sell them if this would produce enough live cells for a 23 litre batch of beer as it seems rather small to me.

 

[Spapro]

I've recently used 2 brewlabs slopes, the Yorkshire yeast and a T126 'Timothy Taylor Landlord' yeast.

Followed the instructions, 300ml starter with 30g of dme. Both went off well and both brewed out in 7-10 days to 1010 - brewed at around 18°C. Both brewed to 23 litres.

They both had the thickest, creamiest head while fermenting I've ever had (is my first time using non sachet yeasts).

The yorkshire pale ale is great with a definate yeasty taste, the timothy taylor clone has only been in the keg for month so still settling down a bit but is very promising even now.

The yeast does seem lively, does take a bit longer for the beer to clear than sachet ale yeasts I have used previously. Also done some skimming to re-use the yeast - the wife isn't happy about losing a shelf in our larder fridge, I have had to endure some 'your homebrew is taking over the home' comments :-D

I skimmed some krausen around 3 days into fermenting, seemed to work well but not used the harvested yeast yet.

 

[McMullan]

Yeast slopes are superior. Yeast viability is much better than liquid yeasts. If prepped and stored properly, slopes keep for up to 2 years. There's not much in terms of price between slopes and liquid these days, but liquid continues to offer more variety (strains) to the home brewer. If you can get what you want on a slope, I'd recommend a slope.

 

[mirsultankhan]

Yeast slopes are superior. Yeast viability is much better than liquid yeasts. If prepped and stored properly, slopes keep for up to 2 years. There's not much in terms of price between slopes and liquid these days, but liquid continues to offer more variety (strains) to the home brewer. If you can get what you want on a slope, I'd recommend a slope.

Yes I noticed that they are probably made to order and cultured up which means that they will be super fresh straight from the laboratory.

 

[mirsultankhan]

I've recently used 2 brewlabs slopes, the Yorkshire yeast and a T126 'Timothy Taylor Landlord' yeast.

Followed the instructions, 300ml starter with 30g of dme. Both went off well and both brewed out in 7-10 days to 1010 - brewed at around 18°C. Both brewed to 23 litres.

They both had the thickest, creamiest head while fermenting I've ever had (is my first time using non sachet yeasts).

The yorkshire pale ale is great with a definate yeasty taste, the timothy taylor clone has only been in the keg for month so still settling down a bit but is very promising even now.

The yeast does seem lively, does take a bit longer for the beer to clear than sachet ale yeasts I have used previously. Also done some skimming to re-use the yeast - the wife isn't happy about losing a shelf in our larder fridge, I have had to endure some 'your homebrew is taking over the home' comments :-D

I skimmed some krausen around 3 days into fermenting, seemed to work well but not used the harvested yeast yet.

Thankyou for that its very reassuring, i did contact Brewlabs with my query lets see how they respond. I think the awesome head that you are getting is because these are true top fermenting ale yeasts. Please let me know how they turn out. :drink:

 

[Bunglebrewsbeer]

Where do you get these rascals from?

 

[clibit]

Direct from Brewlabs. Google it.

I'm going to have a brewing binge starting next week, and yeast will be the focus. Gonna buy some Wyeast and Whitelabs, Brewlabs, and culture some from bottles, maybe visit some breweries, and test out some ale yeasts on mini batches. Split larger batches into several demijohns and 2 litre bottles. I'll do a thread to log the results.

 

[Bunglebrewsbeer]

Sounds interesting. Be good to see the results of it all. I'm meant to be brewing today but not happening. Grains not arrived yet and not going to be till 5 so too late to start. Friday I reckon will be the day. Doing your sabbath.

 

[clibit]

Maybe you should brew on the Sabbath. Wearing black.

I've been making do yeast wise, most of the time, so excited to try a wider variety. I probably need a brew fridge, but it may have to go in my bedroom!

 

[HisDudeness]

Looking forward to your findings clibit :thumb:

 

[Bunglebrewsbeer]

I just acquired one at weekend for my birthday. Fancy using that west Yorks yeast I've used in past but this time would be able to mange temp in it.

 

[clibit]

Yes that yeast will benefit from temp control for sure.

 

[Bunglebrewsbeer]

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This rascal with a heat tube in it.

 

[clibit]

Well jell. :thumb:

 

[Bunglebrewsbeer]

Was hoping to get in used today. Annoying!! I'm in the process of selling lots of stuff I can do without to fund kit upgrades.

 

[clibit]

I'll be doing the same, some gear I dont use much.

 

[Bunglebrewsbeer]

Not just brewing gear. Anything I can get my hands on to flog. Wanting to go the 3 vessel way from my current BIAB. Still use that pan I have for the boil though.

 

[TheRedDarren]

Direct from Brewlabs. Google it.

I'm going to have a brewing binge starting next week, and yeast will be the focus. Gonna buy some Wyeast and Whitelabs, Brewlabs, and culture some from bottles, maybe visit some breweries, and test out some ale yeasts on mini batches. Split larger batches into several demijohns and 2 litre bottles. I'll do a thread to log the results.

Looking forward to reading about it mate.
Also I agree that going down this road really needs a brew fridge to complement the quality yeast.

 

[mirsultankhan]

Guys I have a question, is some kind of heat source really necessary in a brew fridge? Is it not possible to simply use the ambient temperature of the environment? for example if you have an STC1000 temp controller and your fridge goes below the set value, say 18+/- Celsius, the cooling element will turn itself off and the ambient temperature of the environment will bring it back up and once the temperature reaches say 19 Celsius the Fridge will kick turn on?

 

[clibit]

That's ok as long as the ambient temperature never drops below the required fermentation level. Can you guarantee that? My house drops below 18 at night in the winter.