hey, everyone! Last night I brought some beers home. There's an Stout in that lot that has quite a bit of yeast sediment and I'm thinking about culturing it since I only have access to a small selection of dried yeasts (a few from fermentis & notty from danstar).
The beer is good, 'Chocolate Stout' by a mexican craft brewery named 'Cerveceria Jack'. Now, the brewery doesn't have a website and the bottle's label doesn't include info as to what yeast strain it might be.
Is there anyway I can identify the yeast? The chocolate infused to the beer makes it quite hard to detect any other particular flavor in it but I'm thinking an established craft brewery has a better shot at getting an actual Irish/English (other than notty) yeast, would it be worth a shot culturing this yeast? And in if I successfully culture said yeast, any idea how many times could I reuse it to brew stouts?
A million thanks in advance
The beer is good, 'Chocolate Stout' by a mexican craft brewery named 'Cerveceria Jack'. Now, the brewery doesn't have a website and the bottle's label doesn't include info as to what yeast strain it might be.
Is there anyway I can identify the yeast? The chocolate infused to the beer makes it quite hard to detect any other particular flavor in it but I'm thinking an established craft brewery has a better shot at getting an actual Irish/English (other than notty) yeast, would it be worth a shot culturing this yeast? And in if I successfully culture said yeast, any idea how many times could I reuse it to brew stouts?
A million thanks in advance