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scottsaxman

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I need help understanding yeast choices. I can't really tell from online literature that there should be much difference between champagne and montrachet yeast, but almost everyone seems to use montrachet or an ale yeast in their recipes. Putting aside the ale yeast (due to cost for me, particularly in small batches), what is the deciding factor for cider and hard lemonade brewing?
 
I started with White Labs 775 because it's made for cider. But have since switched to Lavlin 1118 because I read a blind taste test on-line which the 1118 scored highest in taste among commercial yeasts. Wild yeast scored high too.
 

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