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Red Star Active Dry yeast (bread yeast) produced an absolutely undrinkable cider! But I like experimenting, so no harm done--only wasted about 16 oz. of apple juice. (Who knows if this stuff might make a more palatable beer, but I think I'll leave it to someone else to try!) Otherwise, I've...

Daksin, yes, initial results with Red star are horrible! As for stearates, want natural beer, as Reinheitsgebot as possible. Would try "harvesting" if I knew how; will probably go with liquid yeasts. Thanks for input

Thanks McG! I'm experimenting with Red Star now, but hope to get more info on real beer (or wine) yeasts without additives

Thank you Steve. Yes, in fact I have seen these, and you're right: they are not very smelly at all. I could totally live with these, but the one I tried was wrong size and I didn't think to look for other sizes (in fact I wasn't really sure what this type of stopper was intended for--my brew...

Does anyone know of any yeast brands that do NOT have additives like sorbitan monostearate? Just pure yeast with no additives or preservatives? Every dry yeast I've seen has sorbitan MS; I'm not sure whether liquid yeasts typically have this or other additives. I guess I'm old fashioned--don't...

Please, Wolverine can you give me any information about the brand or supplier of the stoppers that you say have no odor? The smelly ones I have access to are white rubber... It seems to me when I was brewing 15 years ago I had kind of pinkish, non smelly rubber ones. I suppose the difference now...

The smell of the rubber stoppers sold at my local brew supply shop make me physically ill. It's not just "rubber smell" but a very strong synthetic rubber smell (much like brand new car tires). In my opinion these are highly toxic and would definitely impart a "rubber" smell to your beer or...