jeg3
Landlord.
For my latest brew I attempted to rouse a packet of WY1968 that had been at the back of my fridge for a few months - with a starter, but there was no sign of activity a couple of hours before pitching time, so I also added a batch of Wye Valley yeast I had in the fridge to the starter.
This rapidly woke up and I pitched the whole lot.
The two strains are quite different in terms of their AA.
So to my surprise tonight I take a sample of the brew after 4 days and it's dropped from 1.042 to 1.012. All my beers using the Wye Valley have dropped to 1.008 after 4 days.
So does this mean the 1968 has woken up?
And that got me thinking, when using a dual strain, can one strain be more dominant?
Would be interested to hear the thoughts of any yeastophiles...
As for the beer, well it tastes as expected...!
This rapidly woke up and I pitched the whole lot.
The two strains are quite different in terms of their AA.
So to my surprise tonight I take a sample of the brew after 4 days and it's dropped from 1.042 to 1.012. All my beers using the Wye Valley have dropped to 1.008 after 4 days.
So does this mean the 1968 has woken up?
And that got me thinking, when using a dual strain, can one strain be more dominant?
Would be interested to hear the thoughts of any yeastophiles...
As for the beer, well it tastes as expected...!