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So, I've used both of these, mainly for cider, but they seem like sortof go-to dry yeasts for several styles. Which does everyone here prefer and why? Maybe theres a style that you like each for. Just curious

So, I have room for a fruit tree, maybe two, when my Houston backyard will be redone soon, and am wondering what trees to plant. I am curious about 1) How will it handle the Houston weather (very hot and humid) 2) How soon various types will start yielding fruit, and how much fruit...

Havent made mead in awhile, but would like to try an experiment to test difference in taste of same juice fermented as a Mead vs Wine (with sugar). I plan to make 2 gallons of each, and monitor the progress and finished results, to see how the honey vs sugar affects taste and fermentation...

After 9 days in secondary, there are no lees forming on my blackberry wine, and it looks clear, while the other wine I started and transferred at same time keeps plugging away and fermenting in secondary. What do I do now? Here's recipe and procedure 1 Gallon Welchs Farmer Pick 100%...

Just wondering, it seems we use ale or wine yeast to make cider on here, but just curious if anyone has tried fermenting cider with a lager yeast, presumably using lagering methods? How would this change the taste, and what, if any benefits might it have?

I was looking at the Aloe juice at Walmart the other day and wondered if anyone has tried making a cider/mead/wine with it? Anybody?

Ok, so following the caramel apple cider thread, I brewed two 1 gallon batches last night. made invert sugar (2 cups sugar) with some of each juice and mixed together, then split a packet of nottingham between the two gallons. Intend to brew both with same process, to try stovetop pasteurization...

So, made my first cranberry wine with Cran juice and frozen berries. It fermented dry, and I kmeta'd and backsweetened according to Wade E's recipe. It looks clear already, just like the juice it was made from. My question is this: What will Leaving this in the fermenter and "bulk aging" do...