Kveik

Zephyr259 · Jan 5, 2020

An Ankoù said:
No. Mine was a phial of Whitelabs and the yeast was in suspension in liquid.
I'd give it overnight. Have you got any other yeast you can chuck in, just in case it's dead?
By the way, what was the temperature of your wort when you pitched it? You need to get it up to at least 30C, and even then it's temperamental. I tried mine, for the first time at around 20C and I think it has finally done the business, but it took ages. Someone else used this kweik, I think it was Zephyr, and I don't think he was too impressed.
Get it warmed up. Take it to bed and cuddle it if you have to. Good luck and try explaining that one to the missus.

Yeah, my 2 uses of Opshaug (liquid via another forum member) wasn't great, mostly it was slow so didn't have a speed benefit over regular yeast and had really low attenuation. I may have mishandled it with lack of nutrient or something but other cope better.

ChilledGecko · Jan 5, 2020

Mrobson said:
Have people ever experienced a lag time using kveik?

I pitched 1.2g of dried Opshaug from EBay at around 14.00 yesterday afternoon (27 hours ago) and still have no sign of a krausen.

Using the same supplier & yeast strain, mine took a about 36 hours before I started to see any activity. A bit of pressure then the first signs of a froth appeared.
She's well away now!

Mrobson · Jan 5, 2020

ChilledGecko said:
Using the same supplier & yeast strain, mine took a about 36 hours before I started to see any activity. A bit of pressure then the first signs of a froth appeared.
She's well away now!

Good stuff, acheers.

Woke up this morning and it had kicked off, had a cheeky look inside and it had a really airy foam on top, not much in the form of yeast yet. Looking to top crop at some point so need to keep an eye on it

johncrobinson · Jan 5, 2020

This Kveik does sound interesting.
Especially for the summer months when it can be hard (expensive) to keep fermentation temps down,
I will watch this thread with interest.

BeerCat · Jan 5, 2020

I found the Hornindal dried yeast to be slow starting as well so would recommend a starter. Took off in normal time for kveik after that. Similar with the other dried kveiks i have .

BeerCat · Feb 10, 2020

I have a 12.4% barley wine conditioning fermented with Voss and Juggernuat. Finished it off with some port yeast but i don't know if that was needed. Looking forward to trying it in a month or so and intend to see how many years i can save some for. The RIS's i have saved have been spot on. I brewed another yesterday with an OG of 1125. Fingers crossed i can get it over 13%.

the_quick · Feb 10, 2020

Just got myself some dried Voss Lellemand to try. Wonder if they work well enough for IPA?

Zephyr259 · Feb 10, 2020

Just realised that I never told you how the Dark Strong went...

Don't pitch Saure at almost 40c into a high gravity wort, it tasted foul and went down the drain. :-(

An Ankoù · Feb 10, 2020

the_quick said:
Just got myself some dried Voss Lellemand to try. Wonder if they work well enough for IPA?

Me, too. I wonder the same. Only one way to find out.
I believe it has to do its business at at least 20C otherwise it does funny things.

samale · Feb 10, 2020

My last couple of attempts using kviek finished on the high side. I think I would only use it in future on high gravity beers

SmallSpacesBrewing · Feb 11, 2020

the_quick said:
Just got myself some dried Voss Lellemand to try. Wonder if they work well enough for IPA?

Me too. Got to packets in the fridge. Thinking about trying it on a out of date all grain stout kit I have. The grains are probably fine, the yeast not so much. Any attempts on here with stouts and Voss?

Zephyr259 · Feb 11, 2020

Soyyojuli said:
Me too. Got to packets in the fridge. Thinking about trying it on a out of date all grain stout kit I have. The grains are probably fine, the yeast not so much. Any attempts on here with stouts and Voss?

Voss makes a very nice stout, my strains earthiness blends very nicely with dark malts once it mellows out over a month or so. My strain seems to be a bit different than others in that respect.

Steve800 · Feb 11, 2020

Just noticed that Crossmyloof have their Kveik up for sale now on their website. It’s a Voss strain.

SmallSpacesBrewing · Feb 11, 2020

Zephyr259 said:
Voss makes a very nice stout, my strains earthiness blends very nicely with dark malts once it mellows out over a month or so. My strain seems to be a bit different than others in that respect.

Nice! Thanks. My strain is also a bit different. It's like 8. Gen now. Its got this orange zest taste to which I find very refreshing, different. Its a fast starter and clean fermenter. I recently overdid my hops a little a on pseudo lager like thing fermented at 28 degrees with it. Came out more pale ale with a orangey bang! I loved it, my other half thought it was to much. I'm using the lallemand Voss in the stout then. What temps do you recommend?

MyQul · Feb 11, 2020

Steve800 said:
Just noticed that Crossmyloof have their Kveik up for sale now on their website. It’s a Voss strain.

Nice one. Thanks for the heads up.

On it like a car bonnet. Just ordered some

samale · Feb 11, 2020

MyQul said:
Nice one. Thanks for the heads up.

On it like a car bonnet. Just ordered some

It will interesting to here the results. What style do you plan on brewing

MyQul · Feb 11, 2020

samale said:
It will interesting to here the results. What style do you plan on brewing

Tbh, I havent thought that far ahead. I normally just brew bitter/stout/porter so probably that. I bought it for summer though as I 'brew with the seasons'. So it'll go in the freezer until it gets over 23C in my brewing corner of the kitchen

Cheshire Cat · Feb 11, 2020

Just ordered 2 packs.

BeerCat · Feb 12, 2020

48 hours of fermentation and already 12.4% and tasting not bad. Hoping for some more attenuation as its still bubbling. Pitched at 8c so it took a while to warm up and get going. Seriously impressed so far!

Ronnie23 · Feb 19, 2020

I've gave the CML Voss a burl. Milkshake IPA that I need a quick turnaround on. 62 to 20 in around 34 hours. Pitched it around 24 degrees and ramped it up to around 40.

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