brewing yeast

As the craft and home brewing industry develops, the demand for consistant high quality brewing yeast becomes even more important.

today the highest quality brewing yeasts are supplied by Fermentes (Lesaffre Group) and Danstar (Lallemand Group). The goal was to supply pure strain brewing yeast varieties in a dry, ready to pitch form. Dried yeast offers a long shelf life giving advantages in both distribution, cost and storage.

Dried yeast are produced in dedicated, state of the art propagation facilities and then carefully dried to preserve their characteristics. True lager yeast are available from recognised European sources enabiing batch production of high quality lagers. A range of speciality ale yeast have also been developed to produce ales with authentic flavour profiles.

Rehydration is simple procedure and correct yeast counts are achieved by pitching a known weight of yeast to the wort. As the yeast is monitored closely during manufacture, the microbial quality is assured. Rapid, true to type fermentations also add the advantage of predicatable fermentation output, essential to good planning in a busy brewery.

	The Nottingham strain offers great performance with every batch, while allowing brewers to cover a wide variety of beer styles with just one yeast type. With good tolerance to low fermentation temperatures (12°C/54°F) this strain can be used to make lager-style beer. The Nottingham strain was selected for its highly flocculant & relatively full attenuation properties. It produces low concentrations of fruity and estery aromas and has been described as neutral for ale yeast, allowing the full natural flavor of malt & hops to develop. The recommended fermentation temperature range of this strain is 14° to 21°C (57° to 70°F). With a relatively high alcohol tolerance, Nottingham is a great choice for creation of higher-alcohol specialty beers! Classified as Saccharomyces cerevisiae Available in 500gm and 10gm sachets
	Fermenting in the Traditonal 'lager' Style for Superior Results with Saflager S23 (Saccharomyces Carlbergensis) If you would like to ferment your beer in the traditional 'lager style of brewing' then you can purchase Saflager S23 (Saccharomyces carlbergensis) yeast which is a premium strain for bottom fermenting all Lager and Pilsener styles of beer. This yeast, which is of German origin and used by Western commercial breweries, develops the best of its fruity and estery lager flavours when fermented at low temperatures between 9C - 15C (ideally 12C). It is a reliable yeast at higher temperatures of between 15C-21C but at its best at lower temperatures. Individual 11.5gm sachets $5.95 per 10 sachets $5.55 each
	Safale US-05 Dry Ale Yeast (formerly called US-56) American ale yeast producing well balanced beers with a very clear crisp end palate. Sedomentation is medium. Final gravity low to medium best brewed at terperature range 15-24C Individual 11.5gm sachets $4.75 per 10 sachets $4.45 each
	Safale S-04 Bottom fermenting ale yeast this is a yeast strain to be selected for its fast fermentation characteristic and its ability to form a compact sediment thus improving beer clarity. This strain is specially suited to closed fermentation use. each sachet $4.75 per 10 sachets $4.45 each
	Safbrew WB-06 (WHEAT BEER) (Saccharomyces Cerevisiae) A speciality yeast strain for the fermentation of Wheat beers. The yeast produces subtle est er and phenol flavour notes t ypical of wheat beers. Sedimintation:low, Final Gravity: High, Temperature range: 15-24C per 11.5gram sachet..$5.75 per 10 sachets $5.55 each
	Saflager W-34/70 Brewing Yeast The most popular lager strain worldwide, from the Weihenstephan institute in Germany. (less fruity than the S23 strain) .. 11.5gm sachets....$5.50 (packed by DrinkART from 500gm bricks. We use this yeast with our beer pack range and hence pack from bulk supply(.sterile foil packed) Alternatively 11.5gm packed by Fermentis...$7.50
	Safale K-97 (Saccharomyces Cerevisiae) specialist strain for the fermentation of Wheat beers. a German Ale yeast selected for its ability to form a large head when fermenting. It is a top cropping ale yeast suitable for top fermented beers with low ester levels and can be used for Belgian type wheat bers. Sedimentation is low.
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