Mangrove Jack's US West Coast Ale yeast M44 experience?

[brewbama]

Re-resurrection of a zombie: fermented two identical grain bills of 1.054 wort with M44 in each. The first I pitched one pack dry sprinkled on top no O2. The second I pitched two packs rehydrated and hit it with ~30 sec O2. The first (dry pitch) showed signs of fermentation at ~30 hours. The second (rehydrated) showed sign of fermentation ~ 18 hours. I figure the first wort was slightly underpitched and the second slightly overpitched.

 

[Nate R]

Re-resurrection of a zombie: fermented two identical grain bills of 1.054 wort with M44 in each. The first I pitched one pack dry sprinkled on top no O2. The second I pitched two packs rehydrated and hit it with ~30 sec O2. The first (dry pitch) showed signs of fermentation at ~30 hours. The second (rehydrated) showed sign of fermentation ~ 18 hours. I figure the first wort was slightly underpitched and the second slightly overpitched.

Can you keep us posted please? I have a pack or two of this (and other dry yeast) in the fridge... so curious about dry but too afraid to use it, at least when i have a lhbs with really fresh white labs and imperial liquid down the road a bit.
Thanks!

 

[brewbama]

Will do.

 

[brewbama]

The first beer (one pack) finished at 1.009. The second (two packs) finished at 1.010. In my brewery that’s close enough to say they’re both fully attenuated. The only difference was lag time so far. They’ll be tapped side by side soon.

 

[brewbama]

So, I pitched another rehydrated pack of M44 Weds AM in a batch of the same 1.054 APA recipe. Unlike my previous rehydration efforts (where I use room temp bottled water, pour about 2/3 into a glass, pitch the yeast into the bottle, shake it and let it sit ~10 min), this time I used a measuring cup and used exactly 100 ml of 87*F tap water, stirred it, and let it set 10 min. The yeast cream was then pitched. I saw slow airlock activity within 6 hrs which escalated to rapid fire airlock activity at 12 hours. This far exceeds my previous experience with this yeast. Time will tell.

 

[BreeBrew]

So I did an IPA with this yeast, pitched 2 packs(why 2 you ask, cause beersmith told me to) right out of pack on 17.5L(4.6 Gallon) and saw activity in the airlock only after 48 hours. Was done in 7 days from 1.060 to 1.008. Clear as water and was a really nice beer.

 

[brewbama]

So I am drinking the first (non rehydrated) beer I brewed with this yeast. It’s as clean and clear as can be. After fermentation I closed transferred to a cleaned, sanitized, CO2 purged keg, cold conditioned and matured 4 weeks. I am pleased with the results. The second beer is right behind this one so a side by side is forthcoming.