Lawrence Brewers Guild

well done paper, has anyone used dry yeast in there beer? Results?

Jason

I use dry yeast almost all the time now. My favorites for pale and dark ales are safale 05 and Danstar Nottingham. I've also used Safale T58 and it's peppery profile works well with saison (but not appropriate for wit).
One downside to dry yeast is that they are not available for many specialty beers, but that is changing. Safale keeps adding new strains, especially european varieties. Make sure you use the appropriate dry yeast to match the style of beer you're brewing.
It is so easy and quicker and cheaper to use dry yeast. I love not having to dick around the day(s) before brewday remembering to "smack the pack", making a special starter and stepping up yeast populations. I will seldom bother with liquid yeast if I can find a dry yeast to match the style.

Dale Wheeler wrote:I use dry yeast almost all the time now. My favorites for pale and dark ales are safale 05 and Danstar Nottingham. I've also used Safale T58 and it's peppery profile works well with saison (but not appropriate for wit).
One downside to dry yeast is that they are not available for many specialty beers, but that is changing. Safale keeps adding new strains, especially european varieties. Make sure you use the appropriate dry yeast to match the style of beer you're brewing.
It is so easy and quicker and cheaper to use dry yeast. I love not having to dick around the day(s) before brewday remembering to "smack the pack", making a special starter and stepping up yeast populations. I will seldom bother with liquid yeast if I can find a dry yeast to match the style.

Have you ever, for giggles, brewed a 10 gallon batch and split it with a properly started liquid and a dry to compare and contrast. I would love to taste them!

No, but that would be very cool to try sometime.

Dale,

What is the difference, if any, in cost between the liquid and dry? I grow all my yeast, so I only buy it once.

That would be an awesome experiment. My rig is back together, lets brew a nice 10 gallon simple Lager, split it, add one dry one liquid and keep the rest of the process the same. We can then keg it and do a blind tasting at the next meeting. I have all the grain, a brew rig and liquid yeast.

Jason

Jdl973 wrote:Dale,

I grow all my yeast, so I only buy it once.

Jason

So many home brewers get 4-5 generation pitches off of one liquid yeast purchase. I have heard that dry is usually kept to a one and done. Is this true?