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douglasbarbin · 09-12-2011, 11:46 AM

Well, I pitched the Sterling I had left into a Vanilla porter I brewed late Sat. night/early Sunday morning, and there is already some krausen formed and airlock activity as of this morning (~ 30 hours later). Looks like I had a couple of bad packets the first time.

TexMexBrew · 10-27-2011, 10:30 PM

I took a chance on Sterling on my last brew. I was making an Irish Red and chose the yeast since it appeared to be a general ale yeast. I rehydrated it prior to pitching but it still seemed a bit slow. Though when it did begin, it seemed to go pretty good. I opened the first bottle a few days ago and it had a good head to it. Maybe I had some good packs, but it worked pretty good for me.

pm5k00 · 01-18-2012, 05:08 PM

anyone else use this yeast, i was wondering if the flavor profile and performence was comparable to WLP 007/ Wyeast 1098

Desrever · 01-20-2012, 06:15 PM

I just pitched this yeast in a midnight wheat stout PM batch from AHS on Monday afternoon I kept the temps at around 64*f and didn't see much action for about 2 days then I got a very small Krausen and a little airlock activity for about 5 hours and then nothing... I think I'll stay away from this yeast from now on, I just hope the beer turns out ok.

**midfielder5** · 01-20-2012, 06:35 PM

Rehydration of dry yeast will show viability, it should get creamy within ~ 15 - 30 minutes. This is another good reason to rehydrate, vs just dumping it in and hoping.

Pivzavod · 03-20-2012, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Desrever

I just pitched this yeast in a midnight wheat stout PM batch from AHS on Monday afternoon I kept the temps at around 64*f and didn't see much action for about 2 days then I got a very small Krausen and a little airlock activity for about 5 hours and then nothing... I think I'll stay away from this yeast from now on, I just hope the beer turns out ok.

I am brewing the same recipe, I brewed it on Sunday and dumped it on the yeast cake from previous brew that had Sterling. Monday morning at 5am it was burping like crazy, I see krausen and its going strong.

How did your brew turn out? Do you feel that 64F was a good temp or do you think it would be better at lower temp?

Desrever · 05-03-2012, 11:42 AM

This midnight wheat turned out ok, I think my temps were a little low if I used it again I would keep it in the higher 60's.

Schmutzli · 06-14-2012, 07:45 PM

I ordered this yeast on a whim and gave it a test with an extract batch I was trying. The recipe is a very pale ale, lots of easy fermantables like rice syrup solids.

I pitched a whole packet into 3.5 gal. Took off like crazy in 2.5 hours (~74F). Next day it was done, visually at least. I waited 3 days, then added a clarifier, since it did not flocculate at all. Maybe this was too soon. Tested it two weeks later and it was still at 1.020, from an OG of 1.058. Taste was obviously sweet but pretty clean. I'm pitching notty now to see if it can take it lower. Based on my experience (stuck ferm) I'm not sure I would use it again, although maybe you can blame me for adding a clarifier too soon.