I've been looking for information about yeast in bottle conditioned beers.
The only information I've been able to find is here but it is getting dated as it hasn't been maintained.
From another brew forum I've learnt that the yeast from Coopers Vintage Ale is pretty good. I actually have a bottle that I'll try and culture the yeast from it tonight.
However I also have a number of bottles of Chimay and other Belgian beers that I'd like to know if it is worth trying to culture the yeast from.
The main unknown is that a number of breweries stopped having their primary fermentation yeast in the bottles by substituting a bottling strain for secondary fermentation.
Does anyone know of a good accurate resource for yeast strains in bottle conditioned beers?
Cheers,
Doc
The only information I've been able to find is here but it is getting dated as it hasn't been maintained.
From another brew forum I've learnt that the yeast from Coopers Vintage Ale is pretty good. I actually have a bottle that I'll try and culture the yeast from it tonight.
However I also have a number of bottles of Chimay and other Belgian beers that I'd like to know if it is worth trying to culture the yeast from.
The main unknown is that a number of breweries stopped having their primary fermentation yeast in the bottles by substituting a bottling strain for secondary fermentation.
Does anyone know of a good accurate resource for yeast strains in bottle conditioned beers?
Cheers,
Doc