Timeline for using champagne yeast as a secondary yeast for fermentation?
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| Mar 12, 2013 at 17:12 | vote | accept | Ryan Shdo | ||
| Dec 10, 2011 at 13:57 | comment | added | brewchez | I have found that champagne yeast does very little to finish a beer once the primary yeast has already fermented out most of the easy sugars. Trying these mythological steps to FIX a beer is never a substitute for learning to "do it right" in the first place. IMO | |
| Dec 9, 2011 at 20:22 | comment | added | baka | @DennyConn: If you hover your mouse cursor to the right of the tags, an edit tags link will display. | |
| Dec 9, 2011 at 19:18 | comment | added | Lynn Neeley | I agree with Denny about the yeast flavor of the White Labs yeast. Very distinctive. Similar to a taste in Long Trail Brewery's Triple Bag that I think comes from the yeast. Also, the champagne yeast would produce a very dry beer if left to ferment out. | |
| Dec 9, 2011 at 18:45 | comment | added | Denny Conn | BTW, fermentation is misspelled in the tag above. Anybody know how to fix that? | |
| Dec 9, 2011 at 18:26 | comment | added | Denny Conn | Yes, I've used some and tasted beers made with others. None impressed me as making a good beer. Turbo distiller's yeast just didn't taste good and the White Labs high gravity yeast didn't perform well and left funky flavors. I've made beers up to 14% ABV with standard beer yeast, pitched in large healthy amounts. If for some reason you want to go above that, then I guess you need to do something else. | |
| Dec 9, 2011 at 16:20 | comment | added | Kevin Colby | Have you used one of the "Turbo Yeasts" that are bred for higher Alcohol Tolerance? I believe the OP is looking to be able to take a very big beer to a significantly higher Alcohol Percentage hence the use of Champagne Yeast after primary fermentation is complete. Very useful input though with regards to your experience with this yeast! | |
| Dec 9, 2011 at 16:15 | history | answered | Denny Conn | CC BY-SA 3.0 |