AdeDunn
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For Stranda I always use Omega Hothead Ale. Never ever had any trouble with it, never done a starter either. The first use I pitch the whole packet and do something less reliant on yeast flavours. I then top crop it from high krausen, and subsequent brews I underpitched from this harvested yeast. I made quite a few delicious brews from the 1 packet of Hothead using this method, and got delicious mango and ripe tropical fruit smells during fermentation from the under-pitches fermented at about 28 degrees C, I never got over 30 degrees for Stranda, as then you get nasty flavours with it.
I have a pouch of Omega Hornindal sat in the fridge waiting to be used.
My one foray into using dried Kveik was a packet of Lallemand Voss. The beer is delicious, but I won't be using it again. The beer is a bit to acidic for my liking, and by the gods does the yeast make a mess of your FV compared to other strains I've used in the past. I can't even say that this meant clearer beer in the bottle, as it wasn't. lol
It's no secret though that for many years now I have been a fan of Omega's kveik strains (mainly their Hothead Ale Stranda...). No, I don't work for them, no I don't get anything for saying so either. I'm not an influencer, I don't post often enough for that.
I tried Lutra, but sadly my old FV decided that that was the time to spring more leaks than an allotment gardener. The beer got massively infected, fruitfly infested, and went to feed my compost (pro-tip right there that I found on the internet, ruined beer is fantastic for composters..... All that wonderful yeast and bacteria really accelerates compost production!). The FV went into the bin to be replaced by a stainless steel one. I've just been way too busy to brew since (hence I have been so quiet on here...).
I have a pouch of Omega Hornindal sat in the fridge waiting to be used.
My one foray into using dried Kveik was a packet of Lallemand Voss. The beer is delicious, but I won't be using it again. The beer is a bit to acidic for my liking, and by the gods does the yeast make a mess of your FV compared to other strains I've used in the past. I can't even say that this meant clearer beer in the bottle, as it wasn't. lol
It's no secret though that for many years now I have been a fan of Omega's kveik strains (mainly their Hothead Ale Stranda...). No, I don't work for them, no I don't get anything for saying so either. I'm not an influencer, I don't post often enough for that.
I tried Lutra, but sadly my old FV decided that that was the time to spring more leaks than an allotment gardener. The beer got massively infected, fruitfly infested, and went to feed my compost (pro-tip right there that I found on the internet, ruined beer is fantastic for composters..... All that wonderful yeast and bacteria really accelerates compost production!). The FV went into the bin to be replaced by a stainless steel one. I've just been way too busy to brew since (hence I have been so quiet on here...).