Lalvin Dry Yeast For Mead And Winemaking

[phonos]

What's wrong with ibrew? I bought a sachet of icv okay from them recently and was happy with the quality of the packaging and price.

 

[Airgead]

Yeah. I buy odd stuff from them all the time. Always been very happy with them. Five bucks for yeast seems reasonable to me...

BTW... After a bunch of experiments, I found 71b to be a better mead yeast than the d47. At least for what I do.

 

[Lyrebird_Cycles]

Got a question for you regarding 71B: do you / can you measure the titratable acidity of your ciders? If so, does the malate degradation of the 71B strain make a measureable difference?

 

[Airgead]

I dont measure it (though I could... Might do so this year) but on side by side tastings, the 71b gives a smoother less acidic result (less perceptible anyway) than yeasts that dont degrade malic acid.

 

[Lyrebird_Cycles]

OK, thanks, I'll give it a go.