Yeast

[Dicko]

Hi all
Being new to home brewing, (only made one kit, muntons pale ale midas golden touch, bottled last sunday), I'm looking for some advice. I've a muntons smugglers special ale as my second kit but I've read there seems to be a problem with the yeast supplied with the kit. Is this true and if so can anyone recommend a yeast I could use instead?

Thanks

Dicko

 

[Chrissparky]

Look at crossmyloof yeast on eBay. They're stuff is great

 

[dad_of_jon]

Hi all
Being new to home brewing, (only made one kit, muntons pale ale midas golden touch, bottled last sunday), I'm looking for some advice. I've a muntons smugglers special ale as my second kit but I've read there seems to be a problem with the yeast supplied with the kit. Is this true and if so can anyone recommend a yeast I could use instead?

Thanks

Dicko

If its a 6 gram packet for a 23 litre brew you could be looking at a stuck ferment. i'd suggest getting a packet of gervin from wikos. There's a better chance of it fermenting out correctly.

 

[MyQul]

Wilko Ale yeast a.k.a Nottingham yeast. Absolutely bomb proof. I've fermented it down at 15C and up to 25C.

 

[LarryF]

Wilko Ale yeast a.k.a Nottingham yeast. Absolutely bomb proof. I've fermented it down at 15C and up to 25C.

+1 The Wilko Gervin yeast is brilliant, it's never stuck on me and always seems to go down to 1008 for me giving me 80%+ attenuation. I've repeatedly re-pitched from a packet 3 times and it always goes off like a rocket. I always have a pack tucked away in the fridge just in case the yeast I'm using fails as I know I can rely on it.

 

[Dicko]

Thanks for the advice. A friend gave me a packet of safale s 04 which he had spare, has anyone used this before?

ThanK's

Dicko

 

[Slid]

Thanks for the advice. A friend gave me a packet of safale s 04 which he had spare, has anyone used this before?

ThanK's

Dicko

This is a good, go to yeast that will go very well with almost every English style of beer. If you look at the AG kits supplied by Worcester Hop Shop, they almost all come with S 04.

 

[Dicko]

Thanks slid
Should I go with the safale s 04 right from the off or try the yeast that came with the kit first?

Cheers

Dicko

 

[MyQul]

Go for the SO-4 straight away as the kit yeast seem to be only 6g from what others have said, which isnt enough

 

[Dicko]

Thanks all
Safale it is then.

Cheers

 

[Dicko]

If 6g is insufficient to ferment 23l of beer/ale, would it not help if a starter was made up then pitched?

Dicko