My understanding is that ale yeasts are top fermenting and lager yeasts are bottom fermenting. Which is different from top cropping and bottom cropping. Fullers yeast is highly flocculent hence it's harvested from the bottom of the fermenter.
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MyQul
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Your understanding is my understanding, but it seems the fullers yeast is a bottom fermenting yeast similar to a lager yeast even though it's an ale yeast. From what I've also read it's no good for top cropping
First I've heard of it, is that American fella right? Loads of ale yeasts are harvested from the bottom. He may be confused, possibly. My understanding ios that Fuller's yeast is technically a top fermenting yeast but that it is flocculent in the extreme. Could be wrong.
MyQul
Chairman of the Bored
Yeah, the American bloke. First I'd heard of it being bottom fermenting too. Perhaps your right and he got a bit confused
I think this article sheds a little light:
http://protzonbeer.co.uk/news/2015/06/15/reg-drury-a-cask-beer-hero
MyQul
Chairman of the Bored
WLP005 Seems to be the same, bottom fermenting. I found this right at the bottom of the page in the FAQs on the White labs site
"It ferments from the bottom, unusual for ale yeast but becoming more common as many UK ale brewers have switched to conical fermentors."
http://www.whitelabs.com/yeast/wlp005-british-ale-yeast
"It ferments from the bottom, unusual for ale yeast but becoming more common as many UK ale brewers have switched to conical fermentors."
http://www.whitelabs.com/yeast/wlp005-british-ale-yeast
Conical fermentors, which were the cause at Fullers too, according to the article.
MyQul
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I guess conical's are the common denomonator in these hybrid type yeasts then
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Just checked and it's down to 1.014 with minimal sign of burn-your-nostrils CO2 present. I this this one is nearly done, but I shall leave it for a few more days.
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1.014..thats pretty good. I'm tempted to take another sample but will resist and wait until next Thursday or Friday when I plan to bottle.
