Yeast Dry or Liquid

[Cheshire Cat]

I've only ever used dry yeast but would like to get a feel for people's usage and preference

 

[buddsy]

Dry. Cheap, easy to store, easy to use.

buddsy

 

[Sadfield]

Dry for convenience, liquid if I want something specific, wild yeast when I want some yeast for free.

 

[Clint]

Dry as it's easy to store.

 

[obscure]

I mostly use dry, purely due to the sheer ease of use the fact that it is shelf stable cheap and does the job.

But I cannot dismiss the sheer variety of liquid yeast after trying a number of dry yeasts I have yet to find one that makes a better mild than London III.

Overall if I want a neutral yeast that will ferment cleanly I will typically use S-05 or similar likewise for any beer that is largely hop driven I will use dry (if the flavours of the yeast are going to be overpowered by the hops why waste 7-8 pounds on liquid. i.e. I’ve made a Sierra Nevada clone with both S-05 and Wyeast 1056 and haven’t being able to tell the difference by contrast bitter brewed with liquid (West Yorkshire) has being superior to S-04 in my view at least.

 

[Clint]

Is there a dry yeast for "Yorkshire bitter"? I've used loads of US05...it's ok but not that flocculant...perhaps it might be good mixed with Wilko gervin.

 

[JFB]

I reuse trub from previous batch.
Have us-05, Wilko, Wyeast Kolsch, Wyeast french Saison, Wyeast lambic blend and sour batch kidz all in jam jars.
cheap easy and convenient

 

[phettebs]

Depends on the beer. For some of the styles I brew, I just haven't found a good dry alternative. Nothing beats grabbing a pack of dry for a spur of the moment brew day though!

 

[samale]

I use both. If it's a liquid yeast I reuse the yeast cake. Split it into 4 to spread the cost. I do the same as @JFB store it in the fridge in jar's.

 

[trueblue]

Liquid all day long but if you can get live yeast from an established brewery that has it's own culture it is off the scale compared with what we normally use.