Does anyone have any experience with the M47 abbey strain?
As I said above, (not including the Wit Strain). Its probably the only one worth a dime.
Ah, yes, I missed your comment. I'm planning on trying the abbey strain in a dubbel, so it's reassuring that you like it. From what I have read about it, it kind of reminds me of the Chimay strain (wlp500/ wy1214), do you have any thoughts on that?
As I said above, (not including the Wit Strain). Its probably the only one worth a dime.
You've tried them all?
Is MJ Australian or NZ, as I too have ready access to all of there strains and can fill in your M54 cali common blank as I used that strain for 4 lagers and they all turned out really good. Not sure if it was intended but the yeast seemed to really accentuate the hops and two of the lagers ended up with a slight hint of sulphur that didn't detract from the beer at all.
Brewed the M36 strain Sunday, active fermentation within 12 hours, krausen dropped Wednesday. Going to put in some dry hops tonight. The starter I did for it had some crazy good fruity esters going on that I really hope transfer to the final product as my partner wants a S&F Tasman Lager clone, except the starter was done at 21 and I started the fermentation at 19 with a slow ramp to 23.
Does anybody have more experiences with the M36?
I've tried the majority of them.
Living in New Zealand I have ready access to the brand.
Here's my thoughts:
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am i missing any?
Have you tried the m41 belgian ale?
Crazy thing happened to me on my first ferment with the M10-Workhorse. Did a 10 gal cream ale and split between that and Wyeast 2112. I do 3 week primary and then keg. So at the end of 3 weeks the 2112 was at the FG 1.012 that it was supposed to hit and the M10 was at 1.016. Kegged both and on 30 psi at 68* for 3 days,then 20 for 1 week and in the kegerator it went. Nothing but foam from the M10 , 2112 pouring well. Keep popping the relief valve for 1 week twice a day. When it started pouring so I got more then 1/2 glass I put the hydrometer to it and it was 1.009 WTF?
I'm very interested to hear your thoughts on this!I was literally just logging on to write a review of M47-- I brewed four different beers with it in the last couple of months and had been planning to write up my findings, as there weren't any good reviews out yet when I purchased it. Should have the post up soon!
Just started a porter with M03 Dark Ale/M15 Empire ale (same thing I believe), fermentation was vigorous after only 4 hours, so I'm pretty happy with it so far, I'll report back on the finished product!
i have mixed feelings about MJ yeasts. i had batches that tasted great, some bad. some attenuated well some not. some cleared some stayed cloudy.
latest batch of APA with m42. 4 weeks in primary - the most murky beer ive ever seen.
The one beer I brewed with M42 the yeast dropped like a stone and makes a compact layer on the bottom of the bottle.
I would not jump to conclusions because different people with different setups brewing different recipes are getting different results.i think MJ might be having quality control issues or something. how is it that peoples experience with them is so varied. I even had mixed results with the same yeast.
Has anyone brewed a bigger beer using only one sachet of their yeast? Mangrove Jacks say to use 2 packs per 23 litres/ 6 gal for ales with an OG over 1.050. I just bottled one with on OG of 1.061 with two packs of M42 and there was a massive layer of yeast on the bottom of the fermentor. I'm just wondering if it would be possible to get away with one pack as long as the gravity isn't too high. Could it just be their way of selling more yeast?
Also, they state you shouldn't harvest it, quote: "As a result of the drying process, Mangrove Jacks Craft Series dried yeasts are not suitable for harvesting and/or repitching." People harvest other dried yeasts, so what makes theirs different?
I started a kit and kilo yorkshire bitter last weekend with Liberty Bell (had to choose from that or Nottingham), I will post the results.
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