brewing yeast and cheese??

I have not done much research into cheese making but with how much i like cheese and how much good cheese costs i am starting to look into it.

My question is, is it possible to use the yeast i use in brewing to make cheese??

Thejiro said:

My question is, is it possible to use the yeast i use in brewing to make cheese??

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No, yeast need different cultures, like lactobacillus.

Right! It's not yeast that ferments cheese, cheesemaking uses strains of bacteria. Also, you'll need some rennet. Both are cheap.

Thanks for the replies. I was wondering if it was possible to ferment cheese with brewers yeast to make some new and interesting flavors.

Thejiro said:

Thanks for the replies. I was wondering if it was possible to ferment cheese with brewers yeast to make some new and interesting flavors.

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Give it a whirl, let us know how it goes!

Yeah! Actually i've done it with my children during the mothers day last week

Cheese 101 by Rats.

No, no, no you can't make cheese using brewers yeast. Well you probably could but its not going to be very good.

Cheese is made up of the milk solids from milk, primarily protein and fat. The protein needs to be extracted from the milk through coagulation of the protein portion, with what's left over mainly water, lactose and some fats reffered to as whey. Now there are two ways of coagulating milk, using an ezyme such as rennet or through acidification of the milk to its isoelectric point of pH 4.6. Now there are also two ways of reaching the isoelectric point that is through direct acidification such as adding vinegar or similar acids which when simply added to skim milk can produce a quite aceptable ricotta or through the addition of lactic fermenting bacteria such as our good friend mentions above the good old lactobacillus strains. These bacteria will convert lactose to lactic acid and thus lower the pH. Most cheese types use a combination of rennet and lactic fermenting bacteria in their manufacture, not brewers yeast.