Commercial yeast origins

It came to my attention that Mr. Malty (generally awesome) [1] has compiled|published|what-have-you a number of charts (2) that identify the brewery source for various strains sold commercially. I’m a Wyeast man myself so the Wyeast Strains Chart [2] is where I’m at. There’s a separate chart for the White Labs [3] folks too. Some…

Santa’s Brewery

Thanks to Santa I’ve got a pressure cooker and some other toys. Working on my first set of slants for yeast [1] right now. I’ve got two Wyeast strains in the fridge and could possibly be picking up another depending on what gets brewed this weekend. Still trying to choose from amonst these choices. another…

Winter project

Instead of washing yeast, I think this [1] is totally the way to go. Better control up front and gets one step closer to “real” brewery operations. Spreading the $10.99 (retail) cost of a yeast strain across half a dozen brews gets it down into the realm of negligible. I need to find me a…