Bottle Cultured Unibroue Yeast?

[DanMyers]

I read on here that unibroue do not use a separate bottling strain although they apparently use at least two different strains the for fermentation of different beers. Anyway, I've successfully cultured the blanche de chambly strain and brewed a great clone.

I thought I would do the same with fin du monde. So I brewed up a solid clone recipe and fermented it with a starter built up from the dregs of several bottles. I fermented it hot to increase ester and phenol production but alas they most certainly are using a bottling strain. I feel i have a belgian pilsner or something? super clean yeast....i dunno maybe a champagne yeast...

Not sure if they changed their practices? but in the future i'll be purchasing the strain from Wyeast.

 

[m00ps]

I completely ruined a beer batch trying to get their strain and use it. They filter and bottle with champagne yeast. Unless you find like a 5 year old La Fin du Monde, the yeast you harvest will not be capable of fermenting beer, especially a big belgian

 

[DanMyers]

I hear ya, I have a full batch of champagne fermented beer. I dont know what to do with it.

 

[rhys333]

Damn. I'm halfway through culturing La Fin du Monde yeast and I stumble on this thread.

 

[DBhomebrew]

Damn. I'm halfway through culturing La Fin du Monde yeast and I stumble on this thread.

One of Wyeast's current special offerings is a 'Canadian Belgian'.

https://wyeastlab.com/yeast-strain/canadianbelgian-ale

 

[rhys333]

One of Wyeast's current special offerings is a 'Canadian Belgian'.

https://wyeastlab.com/yeast-strain/canadianbelgian-ale

Yeah but I can't say I stole it.

 

[rhys333]

Well, I dumped my Maudite starter this evening and I have to say that it smelled VERY Belgiany. I dunno...