Yeast packet opening failure!

[Ross1974]

Hi folks.

Doing a SMASH in the back garden. The yeast i was going to use, if just thrown all over the floor. It was WHC Saturated. All I've got left are Lille Saison, Krystallweizen & Belgian Ale. What one do you think I should use?

Just Cooling it back now.

I'm a muppet!

 

[An Ankoù]

You're remarkably calm about all this; you should be ready to bite the head off a chicken!
No, it's not right. You need to have a profane rant, under the circumstances, and crave Chippy's indulgence.
Come on then. Out with it!

I'd use the Belgian. The other two are a bit specialist. None of them are really suitable, but the Belgian is likely to be the least unsuitable.

 

[Slid]

Plus one on the Belgian Ale yeast, as An Ankou points out, the other two and rather niche.

 

[Ross1974]

Belgian it is. On the plus side, at least my airlock didn't just fall apart. It did.

Not a great day, but at least the weather is spectacular.

 

[Caramel Ox]

Belgian is probably the answer but my experience with the non bierm yeasts has been of poor fermentation with the exception of the Krystal which works as intended. So have been tempted to try it cool and see what it’s like.

 

[YeastFace]

What hop out of interest? I did a Saison SMASH with Pils malt and Saaz once and it was delicious.

 

[Ross1974]

Used Citra. I do have Saaz here too, and cascade, but Citra won the day. Purely based on coin tosses.

 

[Sadfield]

If you've gone with the Belgian, I'd be tempted to throw some table sugar in with it, like what them Belgians do. It'll bump up the abv, dry it out and bring it closer to style for a Belgian Strong Ale. A bit like Duvel Triple Hop Citra.

 

[Ross1974]

Might do that. Think I've got some Belgian candy left over.

 

[Twostage]

Ooops.

A bit late now but if you have it, bread yeast would have worked. I use it all the time for cider. I did a split batch once to find out what it was like in beer (the internet is full of 'works fine' and 'don't use it - your beer will taste like bread'). I did a citra smash with half getting Notty and the other half with fermipan. The fermipan took longer to ferment, finished a couple of points higher than the Notty but carbed up the beer really quick. The Notty brew tasted better initially but the fermipan came into its own after a couple of months, almost Saison like flavour.

You need to get a stock of yeast in and shove them in the freezer.

Hopefully the beer will end up surprisingly nice.

 

[Ross1974]

Ooops.

A bit late now but if you have it, bread yeast would have worked. I use it all the time for cider. I did a split batch once to find out what it was like in beer (the internet is full of 'works fine' and 'don't use it - your beer will taste like bread'). I did a citra smash with half getting Notty and the other half with fermipan. The fermipan took longer to ferment, finished a couple of points higher than the Notty but carbed up the beer really quick. The Notty brew tasted better initially but the fermipan came into its own after a couple of months, almost Saison like flavour.

You need to get a stock of yeast in and shove them in the freezer.

Hopefully the beer will end up surprisingly nice.

Balls. Got some bread yeast here too. Just never really considered it to be honest. Ah well. Time and the beer gods will decide.

 

[MashBag]

Have you got a freezer?

I have in the past popped it in bucket in the freezer while waiting for the postman.

Which reminds me.. I need to do a stocktake.

 

[Agentgonzo]

Balls. Got some bread yeast here too. Just never really considered it to be honest. Ah well. Time and the beer gods will decide.

I think you were better putting Belgian ale yeast in instead of bread yeast

 

[Ross1974]

Have you got a freezer?

I have in the past popped it in bucket in the freezer while waiting for the postman.

Which reminds me.. I need to do a stocktake.

I've had no problems letting it sit overnight before adding the yeast.
I don't normally cool back with the chiller, but as it was so hot, relatively speaking, up here, I thought it best to get it back to 25 before doing anything else.

 

[Twostage]

I think you were better putting Belgian ale yeast in instead of bread yeast

So do I, but worth mentioning as an option. Lightning strikes and all that.

 

[Agentgonzo]

Maybe invest in a pair of scissors whilst your at it to make opening a yeast sachet easier

 

[Ross1974]

Maybe invest in a pair of scissors whilst your at it to make opening a yeast sachet easier

Noted. The pack did have the little notched cut outs but I must have put a little too much effort into opening it.

 

[Agentgonzo]

Noted. The pack did have the little notched cut outs but I must have put a little too much effort into opening it.

I've had trouble with those before. The inner plastic linings can stretch rather than tear.

 

[Ross1974]

I've had trouble with those before. The inner plastic linings can stretch rather than tear.

Appreciate the sympathy

 

[Agentgonzo]

Appreciate the sympathy

I think it's was fortunate not to accidentally spill the yeast.

But after a few where either it didn't tear neatly, or just the corner tore off leaving it awkward to get all the yeast out without some precious grains sticking to the packet, I got the scissors out