On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 13:01:44 +1000, "Spanky" <labtecs@hotmail.com>
wrote:
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>I was talking to my local home brew shop guy yesterday and he told me that
>many brewerys, including Chimay, use one yeast to ferment the beer but they
>then filter out that yeast before bottling and use a different strain for
>carbonation. All of this means that even if you do manage to culture some
>of the yeast it won't be the right one to get the same flavour! Bugger.[/color]

Hi

I made that mistake once. I cultivated the yeast from a bottle (I
forget which) and used that for my homebrew - it tasted revolting!!!

Regards
KGB