Wet or dry yeast?

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Wet or dry yeast?

Postby jonnytremain » Tue Nov 14, 2006 3:13 am

I'm sure this isn't the reason the my beer stopped fermenting two days ago after only fermenting for a day and a half, but I used dry yeast. It wasn't exactly bought yesterday but I'm thinking that since it did ferment for a while it was OK. Should I be using wet yeast in my beer? Anyway, thanks for the input.
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Postby Wild » Tue Nov 14, 2006 9:06 am

Many of the dry yeasts have more yeast cells in one packet than the current liquid versions. So much so that I rarely make starters except for worts over 1.066. The rest I just sprinkle on top of the wort. But at this time, the yeast makers do not create as much of a variety of dry strains as there are liquid and there lies the deciding factor of which to purchase for your brew.

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Wet or Dry Yeast

Postby bushwack1 » Wed Nov 15, 2006 7:18 am

I stared six years ago using dry but in time I went to White Labs, viles of Liquid.
Now and again for one reason or another I have had to use Dry, Coopers or Safale or Muntons. But always go back to White Labs. They have never let me down, and have a pretty good web site. http://www.whitelabs.com/

The staff is very prompt to respond to questions and they were just very helpful when I asked them some Pro's and Con's about some of my possible strain choices for my current batch. Black Currant Ale

Sure it costs me more but I think it ferments Cleaner , Stronger and ,,,well damn, it just make for a better beers. Thats My 2 cents, thanks for asking
Wear it out, Use it up, Or do without.
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