Do commercial breweries buy in yeast?

[Chippy_Tea]

That looks like the locals that live around Sellafield

 

[dad_of_jon]

Don't need AI to do that. When I did a stint in the materials lab as a grad trainee where I worked we used a really old machine that counted metal grains in alloys using a photographic method. No reason why a similar machine or method couldn't be used to count yeast cells. Everything's 'AI' at the moment..it's all just marketing. A few years ago the buzzword was 'algorithm'...

Fuzzy logic was in everything too.

 

[Agentgonzo]

So of all the lucky things I found out in the last 2 weeks... There is a microbrewery that opened recently within walking distance of my house!

I took a wander down there last week and had a chat with the brewer. They brew ~1200L at a time.

They buy in their yeast. Dried all of it. Mostly for the reasons stated above - one less thing to have to deal with themselves and less risk of anything going wrong with a batch.

They had previously brewed at a bigger brewery in Southampton (dancing man) where they did a combination of repitch for some brews and buying in their house strain from a yeast lab (~£400 per batch - no idea how big) because the owner was happy to pay.

Lots of other interesting info talking to him and how he deals with the local ridiculously hard water

 

[Stu]

So of all the lucky things I found out in the last 2 weeks... There is a microbrewery that opened recently within walking distance of my house!

I took a wander down there last week and had a chat with the brewer. They brew ~1200L at a time.

They buy in their yeast. Dried all of it. Mostly for the reasons stated above - one less thing to have to deal with themselves and less risk of anything going wrong with a batch.

They had previously brewed at a bigger brewery in Southampton (dancing man) where they did a combination of repitch for some brews and buying in their house strain from a yeast lab (~£400 per batch - no idea how big) because the owner was happy to pay.

Lots of other interesting info talking to him and how he deals with the local ridiculously hard water

Go on.... where is it

 

[Agentgonzo]

Go on.... where is it

https://www.batcountrybrewco.com/

 

[Stu]

https://www.batcountrybrewco.com/

Interesting indeed. Do they have a shop? Sounds like they need a tap room too!

 

[Agentgonzo]

No tap room yet. They have plans. The do sell bottled beer if they have it

 

[Andrew Booth]

It comes down to economies as someone taking over a brewery in Dent the cost per batch for dry yeast of £40 to £90 for 500g of yeast gets added on to the keg/cask price I bought a starter from Brewlabs in order to propagate our own supply of yeast employing top cropping like most other breweries do it’s essential to do this as you want your casks/kegs/bottles at a competitive price.

 

[chopps]

Can’t speak for any other small brewery but the time saving, predictability and repeatability of commercial yeast makes it a no brainer to pitch a new pack every time. £30 of yeast cost in a £2000 batch at resale price to trade in cask. Yes, having a unique house yeast would be attractive for other reasons, but commercailly makes no sense for us.