The importance of yeast .......... whatever it is ?

[Springer]

Post is not a criticism of yeast types, just my own personal view on what I did and what I liked.
Until recently I have always turned out 25 litre brews on a bit of a hit and miss basis, ..........not many missed. :lol:
Anyway, last brew was using my new set up doing a 48 litre brew of my usual IPA recipe.
I filled two fermentation buckets, ensuring that the boiler run off was well distributed between each one. As an experiment I pitched an SO4, which I had fancied for some time and my usual Muntons.

My cupboard, is set to 20 degrees, but the bottom bucket, the Muntons was a couple of degrees warmer (being nearer to the heater ) than the top one SO4. The SO4 finished a couple of days before the Muntons :? , but I bottled both buckets after 10 days. I sampled both tonight, only a week after bottling, the SO4 was much more carbonated but with no head, the Muntons tasted much better to me, with a nice thin head that stayed down the glass.
So I am confused :? :?
It is early days, but for me I will stay with Muntons, unless the SO4 improves with reasonable maturing time. :? :?
Time will tell. Any observations, I am begining to think I got the packets mixed up :?
Just as an aside, a wise :? old one, (who is that?) teaching the young good drinking habits ............are they taking it on-board :lol:

S

 

[unclepumble]

The Importance of yeast!

Yeast is the most important component of the brew as it is the component which will have the biggest influence on the finished product, also the temperature you allow whatever strain you are using to do its job at is also very important, as some strains will give you a great clean tasting brew brewed at 18deg, and an estery mess when brewed at 25deg.

a quick comparison on one brew will not really give you any definitive results, you need to read up a bit more on what works best with the strain you intend to use, before jumping in the fire.

UP

 

[prolix]

I use saf4 on all my dark beers and porters and it is excellent. The lighter the beer the less I like it it has too strong a fruity taste on less malty beers. i have tried saf5 with good results some say it is bland so makes a good yeast for hop flavours and nottingham which was good on my pale beers, was disappointed with whitelabs 002 but that was a while back and have considerable improved the reliablity of my beers so may try these liquid yeasts again now.

 

[mysterio]

I did a split batch of mild with SO4 and Muntons PG a while ago. Actually there was very little between them on that batch. The Muntons was a little more bready/yeasty. I like SO4 but plenty just aren't keen on it.