Brewing Beer With Wine Yeast?

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evenstill

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I was toying with the idea of making a few big brews using Lalvin d-47 (a wine yeast) and wondered if anybody has any experience using wine yeast to brew beer? Tips . . . tricks . . . suggestions?

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evenstill
 
I have come across some recipes for brewing barley wine with champagne yeast, because of it's high alcohol tolerance. As far as brewing beer with wine yeast I'm not sure. I think because of wines higher ABV than beer you might want to try a higher gravity beer, but maybe not too high. I'm not sure of the flavors that it would impart either. Good luck and let us know how it turns out if you decide to go with it.
 

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