Hi,
I read a recent excerpt from the Cigar City Blog (detailing the start of the brewery all they way up until present time) and I felt a bit confused. In their 14th blog post it states:
Does this mean they use this yeast strain for all beers unless they need a very specific strain for a unique brand. I remember him saying something like they needed to use a different strain for a higher og beer...
If they do use that strain for most beers, is there a strain that home brewers use for most beers? It would make yeast-washing byproducts much easier to store as I don't need to save X amount of vials in my fridge so it would be nicer.
I read a recent excerpt from the Cigar City Blog (detailing the start of the brewery all they way up until present time) and I felt a bit confused. In their 14th blog post it states:
"My conclusion for our standard house yeast strain is Thames Valley. I was considering American Ale but looked at all three strains and felt that the Thames would be more striking and best suit our needs. I think that it will still have the versatility of the American Ale strain for the most part and, with temperature controlled fermentations based on the style we are trying to create, should work just fine for us. "
Does this mean they use this yeast strain for all beers unless they need a very specific strain for a unique brand. I remember him saying something like they needed to use a different strain for a higher og beer...
If they do use that strain for most beers, is there a strain that home brewers use for most beers? It would make yeast-washing byproducts much easier to store as I don't need to save X amount of vials in my fridge so it would be nicer.