LVBen
Well-Known Member
Stone doesn't bottle condition most of their beers, so why would they add a different yeast anyway?
Stone's normal beers just use WLP007 anyways...
But no, I'm pretty sure they don't bottle with a different yeast. In fact, it's absolutely pointless when they're using such a widely available strain.
I don't know if its been mentioned before but Lagunitas Stout has no yeast in it. I even examined the debris in a microscope and saw no yeast, only bacteria (likely because I wasn't very clean about taking care of the bottle after pouring). I presume they filter. Anyone know for sure?
Re: Stone yeast. There seem to be a lot of opinions here but I'm not sure what the source of information is. I have the recollection of hearing or reading that Chris White of White Labs stocks Stone proprietary yeast for their use only so, while I presume it is a derivative of a CA Ale strain, I thought it was their own variant. Whether that strain is in the bottle, I don't know but I presume that it is. They certainly have yeast in their bottles so I presume they bottle condition to some extent.
I think you should add some indicator to the list that shows which beers have been confirmed as conditioned with their primary fermenting strain. Lots of beers have yeast in them but I wouldn't want to waste time with a bottling strain. Anyways good job thus far. I think a good list like this is overdue.
I was going to buy one of the Chimay's for giggles as I've never tried any of it but the whole color thing threw me for a loop. I was torn between the Red (would seem the most viable as it's the youngest) and the Blue (which I figure they might add yeast again to condition but it's just a guess). They are all three the same strains aren't they?
You can get the Westy yeast from White Labs anyways, so no big deal.
Pranqster harvest worked....
Just took a gravity reading for a tripel I brewed and it went from1.071 to 1.010. Am going to bottle either next week or the week after that....
Sample tasted pretty good.
Has anyone had any luck with Rouge Dead Guy ale?
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