Lowest wine yeast tolerance
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I can't think of any that predictably go below 12%, and those can be pushed to 14% often. Most go 15-18% or so.
OneCerebralSamurai
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Is there a reason that a neutral Ale yeast wouldn't be suitable for this?
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johnnync
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I dont know enough about yeast to answer that........although I was thinking about trying some beer yeast.
What im looking for is to make a semi-sweet wine without having to backsweeten.
Just not sure what flavor the ale yeast will have on a wine.
What im looking for is to make a semi-sweet wine without having to backsweeten.
Just not sure what flavor the ale yeast will have on a wine.
DoctorCAD
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Do what the Italians do, cold crash then sterile filter.
seanstermatic
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Wyeast 4184 tolerates to 11%. Wyeast Laboratories. Sweet Mead
GinKings
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That's how they make port and other fortified wines.
got mead Got Mead - Mead (honeywine) making, mead drinking, mead recipes - Yeast: What to Use has the listing of yeast and tolerances.
However, as Yooper said, gettign below 12% is hard. There is one rated to 11% and iIve used it, but I've never tried it with mroe than an OG of about 1.085 (which will give you about 11%)
However, as Yooper said, gettign below 12% is hard. There is one rated to 11% and iIve used it, but I've never tried it with mroe than an OG of about 1.085 (which will give you about 11%)
