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I've generally found that in homebrewing you get what you pay for. In this case you're paying a little extra because it's imported from England, but be assured Munton's products are of th ebest quality. Whatever the marketing spiel or hte HBS guy says, you're not really going to get a lot of hop...

<_< Mmmm, I think you've got the wrong end of the stick, Robbo; Steam Beer (now trademarked by Anchor Brewing Co., btw, and owned by Fritz Maytag of washing machine fame) or California Common Beer was actually developed not because it was too cold to brew an ale but because it wasn't cold...

That's right, Brauluver. And some the newer commercial breweries in Asia are using dried yeasts with success, because they don't have the capital to invest in laboratory standard yeast culturing equipment. You'd really have to compare side by side fermented from the same wort with dried and...

S-189...that rings a bell, DJR. I think we may have nailed it.

Forgot to say: I've always had good results from the Munton's supplied yeasts as well, although I'm not sure what strains they are. The Munton's P Gold is great!

I also suggest you move away from the yeast found in kits lids. Now that you have temperature control, reward yourself with better quality yeast. I like the white labs liquid yeasts, but the safale and saflager dried yeasts are quite good too. Keep in mind it is the yeast that makes your beer...

That's disappointing, Fingerlickin, to say the least. You'd expect more from folks who purport to be craft brewers. Their customer service has obviously dropped off lately. Anyway, I really wanted to suggest to guys on the list not to automatically discard the yeast under the lid without knowing...

Although I prefer fermenting my ales at the lower end of the acceptable temperature range (just to nail my colours to the mast!), I think it should be said that as a living organism yeast adapts to local conditions in its environment over time. Therefore it is quite possible (and probable) that...

Agreed, Trough Lolly, they deserve kudos for supplying their customers with such a quality yeast with this kit, although, as I intimated, I think apart from the lager the kits are pretty average (some say the wheat beer is good, it's the one I haven't tried yet). It may even be W34/70 - as I...

The yeast supplied with the MSB Two-Row Lager tin is actually a Saflager that they have re-packaged (no dout they buy it in bulk packs) . From memory it's S-23 (I could be wrong on that). They supplied me with this information about a year ago via a website inquiry. That makes the kit pretty...