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Should you use wet or dry yeast? Should you use liquid yeast or dried yeast? Does it matter? Does it depend on the beer? Read our little intro to what you should be doing LIQUID YEAST The range of available strains is the greatest benefit of liquid yeast. Because liquid yeast is a live culture, it is usually more expensive and more perishable. There are also fewer cells per pack than dry yeast, so when making a beer with a gravity above 1.060 (or when making any lager), the yeast should ideally be ‘grown’ by making a yeast starter before brewing day. Many also come in a ‘smack pack’ that needs to be activated at least three hours before pitching. DRY YEASTDry yeast is sterile, strain-pure, and highly capable of producing great beer. The shelf life is often a year or more, and it is much more tolerant of warm storage or shipping conditions than liquid
Should you use liquid yeast or dried yeast? Does it matter? Does it depend on the beer? Read our little intro to what you should be doing
LIQUID YEAST The range of available strains is the greatest benefit of liquid yeast. Because liquid yeast is a live culture, it is usually more expensive and more perishable. There are also fewer cells per pack than dry yeast, so when making a beer with a gravity above 1.060 (or when making any lager), the yeast should ideally be ‘grown’ by making a yeast starter before brewing day. Many also come in a ‘smack pack’ that needs to be activated at least three hours before pitching.
DRY YEASTDry yeast is sterile, strain-pure, and highly capable of producing great beer. The shelf life is often a year or more, and it is much more tolerant of warm storage or shipping conditions than liquid
DRY YEASTDry yeast is sterile, strain-pure, and highly capable of producing great beer. The shelf life is often a year or more, and it is much more tolerant of warm storage or shipping conditions than liquid yeast. Dry yeast is also packaged with nutrient reserves and is ready to pitch directly without a yeast starter. For high gravity fermentations, more than one pack of dry yeast should be used.
If you’re not already into craft beer then hopefully you’re thinking about it but may not know where to start, so if that’s the case then I’ve got a suggestion: start with Belgian beer as that’s exactly where my adventure began.
Father’s Day, 16th June 2019, is the special date in the calendar when we celebrate and give a nod to the Dads in our lives. It’s an excuse to spoil them with a little something to say thank you for being awesome. If you’re looking for inspiration for a craft beer -loving Dad, then check out our top 10 Father’s Day craft beer gifts.
If you find yourself reading this, it’s probably for one of two reasons. Either you’ve made the sound decision and invested in a Phillips PerfectDraft Machine and want to learn more about it; or it could be that you’re still on the fence and are asking yourself “Should I buy a PerfectDraft?”. Hopefully this nifty little guide will put your mind at ease and quell any doubts or concerns you have.
In case you missed the explosion of teddy bears and chocolate roses love is apparently in the air. And while you’ve been trying to decide on the perfect Valentine gift for other half this year, we've been busy scouring the shelves for the most tenuous Valentine’s Day-related beers we could find. Enjoy.
Mashing in is the process that extracts all the fermentable sugars from the malt. It's one of the most important steps for all-grain brewing and here's how to do it.
