How many Yeast can you use in one bacth at the same time?
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 12:58 pm
by Lion
http://hopville.com/recipe/190644/russian-imperial-stout-recipes/belgian-imperial-stoutI am looking to make a Belgian inspired Russian Imperial Stout, I came acroos to what i think its a good and complex recipe, although it sounds very complex :0 . It calls for 3 different yeasts which i think its overkill, is it possible to combine 2 yeasts in one starter? or do different starters for each and then pitch? or just drop the idea and use just a high gravity yeast?
Re: How many Yeast can you use in one bacth at the same time
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 8:13 am
by mthhurley
Am I missing something because I don't see 3 yeasts listed in that recipe. I see:
White Labs Trappist Ale (WLP500) info
ale yeast in liquid form with low to medium flocculation and 78% attenuation
That said, I do not believe mixing multiple yeasts at one time is a good idea. Too much contention.
The only way I've seen it done is one at a time a few days apart.
Re: How many Yeast can you use in one bacth at the same time
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 8:33 am
by Lion
Ha he just edited it a few days ago. Being from a kitchen background I was reading the list of posible yeasts as mandatory for the recipe.
I went with wyeast Trappist hg
Re: How many Yeast can you use in one bacth at the same time
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 8:44 am
by scotchpine
Just curious. Did you find a lot of sulfer comming off that during fermentation? I just used 3787 and noticed a lot more than I remembered the last time I used it. What did you find?
Re: How many Yeast can you use in one bacth at the same time
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 7:44 am
by spiderwrangler
How many Yeast can you use in one bacth at the same time?
A few hundred billion or so...
Re: How many Yeast can you use in one bacth at the same time
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 10:54 am
by Lion
I have only used once on a Belgian Golden strong and it had a littl ebit of hot alcohol in it, I am making a new starter with it atm.