"default" <default@defaulter.net> wrote in message
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> On 05 May 2005 19:11:16 GMT, "Peter.QLD" <a@b.c> wrote:
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>>"peterlonz" <peterlo@mail.com> wrote in
>>news:yuzce.33565$5F3.1774@news-server.bigpond.net.au:
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>>> I believe that no-one can provide a reliable answer for you.
>>> It's most unlikely that you will be able to control your yeast
>>> temperature to within an envelope of 4 degrees anyway, regardless
>>> of the average. I would judge that if you can keep within 10% of
>>> the recommendation you will be fine & unable to detect any
>>> difference. The problem is of course, you will never have a
>>> reference standard anyway, all other things being equal (more or
>>> less) there is sufficient variation between individual home brews,
>>> that you can never be sure exactly what caused which small
>>> detectable variation. Often its just age. Most important IMHO: use
>>> a good beer yeast, I accept the recommendation of my local
>>> brewshop on this. Pete
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>>I still don't fully understand the benefits of good yeast, I'm not
>>challenging the wisdom of them, I just don't understand. What kind of
>>flavour difference would be noticed between, say, baking yeast and a
>>packet of something that costs $10. Also, what is it that stops
>>manufacturers of cheap brewing yeasts finding a strain of the same
>>quality as the expensive stuff and producing at the same cheaper price?
>>Or is it just expensive because they produce small quantities of a
>>bunch of specialty strains?
>>
>>peter[/color]
>
> Do your own experiments, then decide for yourself. I use baking yeast
> as my backup and get great beer, comparing dry "ale yeast" to dry
> "baking yeast." Dry lager yeast does seem to make better beer than
> either baking or ale yeast, in my opinion - or maybe I just like
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agreed i did this too.
just i never saved the yeast
and the next time it did not work
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> $10 a packet? Low end Doric yeast is <$1 a packet and most of the
> others $1.50+. For between $5 and $10 you can have liquid yeast. In
> the US . . .
>
> The liquid yeasts are more varied and variable, and can be worth the
> difference in cost (especially if you keep them going by reusing the
> old yeast). The yeast offers a lot of the subtlety that makes the
> difference between good and exceptional.
>
> Experiment.
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yes yes yes
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