Which beers are good for reclaiming yeast?

[WelshPaul]

Simple question - which bottled beers is it nice and easy to reclaim yeasts from to use as a starter? I have some Leffe and some Sierra Nevada at home that I fancy trying out but which others could you recommend?

 

[RobWalker]

SNPA will work but you'll basically get another US-05 out of it apparently. but probably worth a bash!

try this;

http://www.nada.kth.se/~alun/Beer/Bottle-Yeasts/

Rogue and Shepherd Neame are said to be popular....

Old Rosie for cider too. contains the bacteria needed for malo lactic fermentation in cider :thumb:

 

[dennisking]

All the Fullers bottled conditioned beers, Hopback summer lightning and St Austell Tribute all work.

 

[RokDok]

SNPA will work but you'll basically get another US-05 out of it apparently. but probably worth a bash!

try this;

http://www.nada.kth.se/~alun/Beer/Bottle-Yeasts/

Rogue and Shepherd Neame are said to be popular....

Old Rosie for cider too. contains the bacteria needed for malo lactic fermentation in cider :thumb:

Rob, would that be the reason that when I cultured some wild yeast from a bottle of cider I made, and then used the yeast in a SMASH, that the beer tasted like cider ??

RD

 

[graysalchemy]

Cider yeast is usually a champagne yeast. Although Wine yeasts and Ale yeast are the same beast the different strains will metabolise differently, and a wine yeast would not be used to fermenting the range of sugars found in beer.

 

[RobWalker]

Apple taste usually is because of a lot of white sugar and young age in beer.

 

[WelshPaul]

There's some good information in here, so thanks guys.
Do I assume that to start harvesting the yeast I need to make a small starter mix with some DME and water and pour it into the bottle? It's not something that I've tried before but I'm keen to give it a try and see what results I get.

 

[graysalchemy]

Apple taste usually is because of a lot of white sugar and young age in beer.

But using a cider yeast wouldn't help either. :thumb:

 

[Hawks]

Fullers Bengal Lancer always works well :thumb:
White Shield is another worth doing

 

[Dr Mike]

I haven't seen bootle conditioned Spitfire for years, but Shepard Neame do another bottle conditioned ale. I think it's called 1685 or something like that.

I read some speculation somewhere (think it was on Jim's) that Summer Lightning is same as S-04.

 

[Belter]

Tribute isn't bottle conditioned is it?

 

[Dronfieldbrewer]

I haven't seen bootle conditioned Spitfire for years, but Shepard Neame do another bottle conditioned ale. I think it's called 1685 or something like that.

I read some speculation somewhere (think it was on Jim's) that Summer Lightning is same as S-04.

No it isn't. I some to the head brewer at Hopback. ..They use their own strain, a top cropping yeast, S04 is a bottom dweller

 

[knottlaboy]

I thought the yeast in the bottles to condition the ale is a different strain to the one that's used in primary fermentation!

 

[olriley]

I don't see what the benefit would be. Its not really adding any flavour, just the final condition. Plus, they'd have to sulphite it to stop the first strain, before adding the second. Someone might be along to correct me though! :

 

[Swazi]

I have a friend who swears by the Westerham Brewery yeast. The brewer has confirmed that they bottle condition with the primary strain.
A lot of Belgian beers are bottle conditioned too...