mangrove jacks yeast

[ncbrewer]

I was thinking the traditional pitch at 64F let rise to 68F for a day or two and cool back to 64F.

Mine seem to do this on their own - apparently more exothermic during the lag phase. But I'm not familiar with doing it intentionally. Is there some advantage to letting the temp rise for a day?

 

[stpug]

Basically a process I've picked up reading through the british beer thread on this forum and listening to some of Jamil Zainasheff's podcasts on the brewing network. Granted, this kind of process can't hold true for every english strain but it seems like some desirable characteristics are created using this process on several english yeast strains. The advantage I guess would be proper amount and characteristics of ester formation.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f163/b...on-temps-profiles-cybi-other-thoughts-221817/

 

[djt17]

I pitched M-10 at 60°, started within 12 hrs. Has been sitting at a constant 60°, still bubbly away. Will update with taste test in a few weeks.

 

[ncbrewer]

stpug - Very interesting - thanks a lot.

 

[reinstone]

That's a bummer because I've got a sachet of that in my fridge . I guess I'll shoot for a cool ferment with it since the warm ferment produced what sounds like poor results.

Itsnfine in the lower 60s. I made a cream ale with this and it took a month of cold conditioning to get smooth

 

[eulipion2]

I have a finished Great Lakes Brewing 'Nosferatu' clone attempt that I fermented with 2 packs of M10 (Workhorse.) I think I had a crush issue, so my OG was really low and my FG was a little high. Only been in the keg about a week, but tastes pretty clean.

Currently going: Smoked brown ale with M03 (Newcastle Dark Ale), and a cider with M02 (Cider). Gonna brew a faux-Vienna next week with M44 (US West Coast). Rumor has it the M44 is the Pacman strain.

I doubt I'll sway from US-05 for most of my non-Belgian beers, but I wouldn't mind being pleasantly surprised.

 

[JKaranka]

I prefer the M44 to US05 in the one go I've given it. It's not miles away (fairly neutral, hop forwards, dry-ish finish) but just floculates so well...

 

[djt17]

I pitched M-10 at 60°, started within 12 hrs. Has been sitting at a constant 60°, still bubbly away. Will update with taste test in a few weeks.

I kegged this last night; OG was 1.049, FG: 1.012. Hydro sample tasted clean.

 

[JKaranka]

Any experience with the Newcastle dark M03? I really liked it!

 

[eulipion2]

Any experience with the Newcastle dark M03? I really liked it!

I did a smoked brown ale that, aside from needing minor tweaking in the grain bill, turned out pretty nice.

 

[ghpeel]

I've got a Mild on tap that I used the Newcastle strain in. I like it a lot and will rebrew this exact recipe again within another month or two.

 

[jdjtexas]

Between a group of buddies and myself we have used nearly every available MJ yeast on Various brews. We even did a 4 way split on a 12 gal batch where we used MJ Newcastle MJ Burton and MJ British in 3 of the 4. The general consensus right now is this yeast is pretty amazing across the spectrum and I do not hesitate to recommend it.

 

[ctkach]

Does anyone have any specific experience with the Bavaria*Wheat strain (M20)? Perhaps some tasting notes as compared to the liquid varieties from White Labs & Wyeast? Curious to know if this really produces that classic hefe character. It would be awesome to have a an authentic dry hefe strain.

 

[RCCOLA]

Does anyone have any specific experience with the Bavaria*Wheat strain (M20)? Perhaps some tasting notes as compared to the liquid varieties from White Labs & Wyeast? Curious to know if this really produces that classic hefe character. It would be awesome to have a an authentic dry hefe strain.

There's another thread about MJ yeast. Here are the search results from it about the Bavarian wheat yeast.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/search.php?searchid=24584379

 

[luk-cha]

what is everyone's opinion on the M07?

 

[Rivenin]

just got that strain for a bitter, so i don't know yet, but i'll find out in a month or two whenever i get around to brewing it!

 

[stpug]

what is everyone's opinion on the M07?

I'm not everyone but I can give you my perspective.

I found it too plain/neutral/clean to compete with the likes of US05 or Notty (especially for the extra price). Additionally, it seemed to produce something I didn't care for; if I had to put words to it I would say it was like alcohol esters, almost like vodka aroma (I fermented really cool 60-62F beer temps both times). It's as though it stripped/masked any of the malt character.

For a yeast-neutral beer, I think M07 can work; maybe even for a pseudo-lager (think bud), or simply as an alternative to US05 or Notty.

As far as an english bitter goes, I would NOT recommend M07 as it won't contribute anything as far as esters go, and may even mask some maltiness you want retained in a proper bitter.

On the other hand, M79 (Burton Union) worked wonderfully in english beers. I think M79 is the best strain I've tried from MJ.

Just one guys opinion of course.

 

[QuercusMax]

I'm not everyone but I can give you my perspective.

I found it too plain/neutral/clean to compete with the likes of US05 or Notty (especially for the extra price). Additionally, it seemed to produce something I didn't care for; if I had to put words to it I would say it was like alcohol esters, almost like vodka aroma (I fermented really cool 60-62F beer temps both times). It's as though it stripped/masked any of the malt character.

For a yeast-neutral beer, I think M07 can work; maybe even for a pseudo-lager (think bud), or simply as an alternative to US05 or Notty.

As far as an english bitter goes, I would NOT recommend M07 as it won't contribute anything as far as esters go, and may even mask some maltiness you want retained in a proper bitter.

On the other hand, M79 (Burton Union) worked wonderfully in english beers. I think M79 is the best strain I've tried from MJ.

Just one guys opinion of course.

I would echo every single thing you said. This is a spot on assessment. I used it in a hoppy American Brown, and I was expecting M07 to be similar to WLP007. I rebrewed my silver-medal-winning recipe, and this time it only scored a 25 - the judges commented about a "sour twang" in the aroma, and an acidity in the flavor.

This yeast seems to mask the malts more than most yeasts, and somehow subdues the hop aromas as well.

I used it in a 10-gallon split batch of Foreign Extra stout where the other yeast was US-05. I just kegged them both tonight, but the I did side-by-side tasting of room-temp uncarbonated samples (which for a stout I think is relatively fair) - they both finished at the same gravity, but the M07 has a thinner mouthfeel and tastes more acidic to me.

Neither of these beers are bad, they're both very drinkable. But I think if you're looking for a dry yeast for a malty or balanced beer, you'd be better off looking elsewhere.

I think M07 would be great in a lawnmower type beer - maybe a cream ale of summer bitter, but it is subdues malt flavors too much and doesn't have any tasty british-type esters.

 

[lookwow]

Used there cider yeast in this years batch. Just tasted week old in tormenter and i was very happy with the flavor. I fermented higher at around 70 to try and get some esters and i feel i for sure got some extra fruit flavor out of it.

 

[Rivenin]

got the british ale yeast i used for a bitter... worked wonderfully! actually liked the flavors more than S-04

 

[gjsumm]

Well I hope the British ale yeast works on my my Dogfish head 90.

 

[DogStar]

I've got 5 gallons of IPL in the fermenter. I pitched two packets of M84 Bohemian Lager yeast. It took nearly a week to start and it's been sitting at 12C for three weeks now. It's dropped from 1060 to 1022 so it's still got some way to go. It's certainly the slowest yeast I've ever used but I won't mind as long as it tastes good. Time will tell.

 

[JKaranka]

Three weeks, that is definitively a labour of love if I ever saw one. Specially if it just turns out average. To be fair, this far I think these yeasts have done better in the taste contingent than in attenuation or speed, so there's some hope!

 

[gjsumm]

Well it has been 1 week and have dropped from 1.078 to 1.018 blew about 1/2 gallon on to bottom of fridge.. I will check in the next couple of days. Yeast really performed well.

 

[DogStar]

Three weeks, that is definitively a labour of love if I ever saw one. Specially if it just turns out average. To be fair, this far I think these yeasts have done better in the taste contingent than in attenuation or speed, so there's some hope!

I'll leave it another week to see what happens.

 

[RCCOLA]

I've got 5 gallons of IPL in the fermenter. I pitched two packets of M84 Bohemian Lager yeast. It took nearly a week to start and it's been sitting at 12C for three weeks now. It's dropped from 1060 to 1022 so it's still got some way to go. It's certainly the slowest yeast I've ever used but I won't mind as long as it tastes good. Time will tell.

Don't freak out when it tastes like pineapple after fermentation. You'll need to crash or gel it to let it clear and then the pineapple will go away. Then dry hop it.

I think the cell count is low on that yeast. My first dry pitch of it wouldn't start at 50F for 4 days. I let it rise to 57 and it took off. Subsequent pitches with an adequate slurry amount of the harvested yeast took off quickly at 50F.

 

[Weezy]

Ive used the workhorse and the cider. The workhorse was lackluster. I was happy with the cider. Real slow starters, which males me worry.

 

[eulipion2]

Don't freak out when it tastes like pineapple after fermentation. You'll need to crash or gel it to let it clear and then the pineapple will go away. Then dry hop it.

I think the cell count is low on that yeast. My first dry pitch of it wouldn't start at 50F for 4 days. I let it rise to 57 and it took off. Subsequent pitches with an adequate slurry amount of the harvested yeast took off quickly at 50F.

I used this on a pils, and I would have loved some pineapple -- man, did it turn out sulfury!

 

[RCCOLA]

I used this on a pils, and I would have loved some pineapple -- man, did it turn out sulfury!

I fermented ~6 batches with M84. All but the first with repitched slurry. Didn't get sulfur but I don't doubt it after my first weak pitch with it.

I recommend making a starter with this yeast rather than pitching it dry if you absolutely have to use it. Just as cheap and easy to use liquid though IMHO.

 

[gjsumm]

I used the Workhorse on a 1.090 Porter crazy fluctuation has settled down some , it states good for high alcohol will keep posted. I aerated a little extra.



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