Many (American) mead-makers (including Ken Schramm and Gotmead recpies) recommend Lalvin dried yeasts. Most of these are wine-making yeasts, so also useful for anyone looking to produce small quantities of wine at home.
However after not being able to find them at any Australian LHBS (or site sponsors) I contacted Lalvin. Unfortunately the end result is that only one Lalvin yeast strain (EC-1118) is available locally in 'home brew' quantities (packs less than 500g). In addition they no do not endorse any pack down of their product (which is why various LHBS used to sell them in small quantities, but no-longer can).
So here in Australia to get the various Lalvin yeasts recommended for mead or small scale-wine-making you'll need to order them from the USA (where they are all available in 5g packs - go figure) or buy them in 500g packs. Since 500g of dried yeast is more than most 'normal' home-brewers will use, I thought a 'bulk buy' might be useful.
Here is a list of the Lalvin dried yeast strains I've been looking at:
Lalvin ICV D47 Ctes-du-Rhne (Chardonnay, ros and mead)
Lalvin 71B-112 Narbonne (Residual sugar whites, nouveau & young red)
Lalvin RC212 Bourgovin (Pinot Noir)
Lalvin DV10 Epernay (Sparkling/Champagne)
Lalvin ICV K1 Marquee (All purpose/Montpellier - formerly K1V-1116)
Cost for bulk buy:
$7.50 /100g
$3.80 /50g
Lalvin EC-1118 Champagne (Sparkling/Stuck ferment)
Cost for bulk buy:
$5.10 /100g
$2.60 /50g
(This is the only Lalvin yeast readily available at LHBS in small packs, so please only add to an existing order, else buy it from your LHBS)
At that price I don't want to have to mess with other quantities, so 100g or 50g should be adequate for most people I hope. Yeast will be weighed on micro-scales and packed into small clear zip-lock bags. If you're not going to use the yeast in a hurry, I can vacuum-seal it, but please add $1 (per order) to cover the cost of the plastic-vacuum-bags.
Local pickup is available for anyone out this side of Melbourne. For others Express Post is best, which is $8.00 for 500g Satchel. Small amounts could also be sent via standard mail in a larger envelope for about $2.
Minimum total order is 500g of each yeast strain, so we need individual strain orders to be at least that amount. Total order for each yeast strain also need end up being a multiple of 500g.
Please add your name to the list below if you'd like to participate in the Bulk Buy, there is no time-deadline, but I'd like get it done as soon as possible, so as soon as there is sufficient interest I'll order the yeast(s) required.
More informaiton about the yeast strains can be found here:
Winequip http://www.winequip.com.au/yeast/
Lallemand chart http://www.lallemandwine.us/products/yeast_chart.php
Lalvin Yeast Strains: http://www.lalvinyeast.com/strains.asp#
I can also send the PDF's supplied by Lallemand Australia if requested.
If you're looking to make mead, I have a bulk (1kg) quantity of Yeast Nutrient and DAP which I could package and include with a yeast order.
(Bintani) Yeast Nutrient 100g : $3.00
DAP 100g : $1.00
No additional details on this stuff, just add it to your yeast order if you need some.
However after not being able to find them at any Australian LHBS (or site sponsors) I contacted Lalvin. Unfortunately the end result is that only one Lalvin yeast strain (EC-1118) is available locally in 'home brew' quantities (packs less than 500g). In addition they no do not endorse any pack down of their product (which is why various LHBS used to sell them in small quantities, but no-longer can).
So here in Australia to get the various Lalvin yeasts recommended for mead or small scale-wine-making you'll need to order them from the USA (where they are all available in 5g packs - go figure) or buy them in 500g packs. Since 500g of dried yeast is more than most 'normal' home-brewers will use, I thought a 'bulk buy' might be useful.
Here is a list of the Lalvin dried yeast strains I've been looking at:
Lalvin ICV D47 Ctes-du-Rhne (Chardonnay, ros and mead)
Lalvin 71B-112 Narbonne (Residual sugar whites, nouveau & young red)
Lalvin RC212 Bourgovin (Pinot Noir)
Lalvin DV10 Epernay (Sparkling/Champagne)
Lalvin ICV K1 Marquee (All purpose/Montpellier - formerly K1V-1116)
Cost for bulk buy:
$7.50 /100g
$3.80 /50g
Lalvin EC-1118 Champagne (Sparkling/Stuck ferment)
Cost for bulk buy:
$5.10 /100g
$2.60 /50g
(This is the only Lalvin yeast readily available at LHBS in small packs, so please only add to an existing order, else buy it from your LHBS)
At that price I don't want to have to mess with other quantities, so 100g or 50g should be adequate for most people I hope. Yeast will be weighed on micro-scales and packed into small clear zip-lock bags. If you're not going to use the yeast in a hurry, I can vacuum-seal it, but please add $1 (per order) to cover the cost of the plastic-vacuum-bags.
Local pickup is available for anyone out this side of Melbourne. For others Express Post is best, which is $8.00 for 500g Satchel. Small amounts could also be sent via standard mail in a larger envelope for about $2.
Minimum total order is 500g of each yeast strain, so we need individual strain orders to be at least that amount. Total order for each yeast strain also need end up being a multiple of 500g.
Please add your name to the list below if you'd like to participate in the Bulk Buy, there is no time-deadline, but I'd like get it done as soon as possible, so as soon as there is sufficient interest I'll order the yeast(s) required.
More informaiton about the yeast strains can be found here:
Winequip http://www.winequip.com.au/yeast/
Lallemand chart http://www.lallemandwine.us/products/yeast_chart.php
Lalvin Yeast Strains: http://www.lalvinyeast.com/strains.asp#
I can also send the PDF's supplied by Lallemand Australia if requested.
If you're looking to make mead, I have a bulk (1kg) quantity of Yeast Nutrient and DAP which I could package and include with a yeast order.
(Bintani) Yeast Nutrient 100g : $3.00
DAP 100g : $1.00
No additional details on this stuff, just add it to your yeast order if you need some.
