oldschool
Well-Known Member
I really like this yeast. I’ve been such a dry yeast hater over the years but now I’m team 34/70 to the bone.
I still don’t direct pitch it though. I feel like people will get mad about this but I make 600ml of sterile wort and tap just a dusting in from the 34/70 pack then the next day split the 600ml into two more flasks with 1.2l of sterile wort each. Decant, then it’s good for a 12-14 plato beer.
The reason is that I notice a strange aroma from the dry yeast when rehydrated. Not saying in the finished beer necessarily but rehydrate some dry yeast in a large quantity and sniff. It smells weird so I try to use much less fresh dry yeast. Lager need a bigger pitch so the way to achieve this is the process mentioned.
Highly recommend to anyone wanting to make very clean beers with 34/70.
Also Omega German lager 1, Wyeast 2124, and wlp 830 behave (and taste) differently than 34/70 fermentis. Also the Fermentis characteristics seem to closely resemble the hefebank stats.
I wish I could get a real-deal homebrew pack of 34/70 to test against the fermentis.
Lager!
I still don’t direct pitch it though. I feel like people will get mad about this but I make 600ml of sterile wort and tap just a dusting in from the 34/70 pack then the next day split the 600ml into two more flasks with 1.2l of sterile wort each. Decant, then it’s good for a 12-14 plato beer.
The reason is that I notice a strange aroma from the dry yeast when rehydrated. Not saying in the finished beer necessarily but rehydrate some dry yeast in a large quantity and sniff. It smells weird so I try to use much less fresh dry yeast. Lager need a bigger pitch so the way to achieve this is the process mentioned.
Highly recommend to anyone wanting to make very clean beers with 34/70.
Also Omega German lager 1, Wyeast 2124, and wlp 830 behave (and taste) differently than 34/70 fermentis. Also the Fermentis characteristics seem to closely resemble the hefebank stats.
I wish I could get a real-deal homebrew pack of 34/70 to test against the fermentis.
Lager!
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