mdf191
Well-Known Member
Ok, I have searched and read all the information on how to harvest Chimay yeast from the bottle. But...I have a few more questions and concerns? The first is a concern, most of the posts saying Chimay uses it primary fermenting yeast at bottling, were from several years ago. The most recent post I found was in 2005... So has chimay changed their tune? OR is the yeast still safe to use? An employee at my local homebrew told me yesterday he thought they bottled with champagne yeast, while another employee disagreed...
My second question is... What type of Chimay bottles are being used? You can buy either the small capped bottles, or the larger champagne corked bottles? Do both work? I suspect maybe the my local brewstore employee who argued for champagne yeast conditioning may have been refering to the corked bottles, and the capped are the ones you can culture from?
My second question is... What type of Chimay bottles are being used? You can buy either the small capped bottles, or the larger champagne corked bottles? Do both work? I suspect maybe the my local brewstore employee who argued for champagne yeast conditioning may have been refering to the corked bottles, and the capped are the ones you can culture from?