Muntons yeast OK?

[FSBrewer]

Last night I made the English Honey Bitter extract kit from AHS. It came with Muntons yeast. I can't remember exactly which one, I've thrown the package out already, but I think it was "gold" or something that made it sound "special." Before pitching I hesitated, because I thought I might have remembered some discussions on here from a couple of years ago that Muntons yeast is not good. Then I thought maybe that was Coopers we had been talking about. At any rate, I pitched it and 12 hours later there is some activity, but not as ferocious as I usually get (I know this is not a good measurement).

I still have a number of Fermentis dry yeasts on backup. Would it behoove me to toss another one in? Would there be any harm? I can't stand it when my brews don't totally ferment out.

 

[Yooper]

Last night I made the English Honey Bitter extract kit from AHS. It came with Muntons yeast. I can't remember exactly which one, I've thrown the package out already, but I think it was "gold" or something that made it sound "special." Before pitching I hesitated, because I thought I might have remembered some discussions on here from a couple of years ago that Muntons yeast is not good. Then I thought maybe that was Coopers we had been talking about. At any rate, I pitched it and 12 hours later there is some activity, but not as ferocious as I usually get (I know this is not a good measurement).

I still have a number of Fermentis dry yeasts on backup. Would it behoove me to toss another one in? Would there be any harm? I can't stand it when my brews don't totally ferment out.

Munton's Gold is probably ok. That's the yeast that the say can ferment all-malt beers. The regular Munton's is not- it is designed to ferment those corn sugar/extract beers and just will not do well in an all extract or all malt beer.

I think Munton's are pretty small packages, though- I think 5 or 6 grams vs. 11 grams in other dry yeast strains so you may be underpitching a bit.

 

[FSBrewer]

Munton's Gold is probably ok. That's the yeast that the say can ferment all-malt beers. The regular Munton's is not- it is designed to ferment those corn sugar/extract beers and just will not do well in an all extract or all malt beer.

I think Munton's are pretty small packages, though- I think 5 or 6 grams vs. 11 grams in other dry yeast strains so you may be underpitching a bit.

Would there be any harm in my adding some Fermentis yeast in there now?

My OG came out too high (unless I measured wrong) 1.073 instead of the target 1.062. I fear I might not have added enough water somehow because it looks rather low in my 6.5 gal carboy. It's been almost a year since my last batch so I don't really remember what it looks like normally. I'd really like to make sure I have the right yeast in there to finish the job.

Thanks.

 

[Yooper]

Would there be any harm in my adding some Fermentis yeast in there now?

My OG came out too high (unless I measured wrong) 1.073 instead of the target 1.062. I fear I might not have added enough water somehow because it looks rather low in my 6.5 gal carboy. It's been almost a year since my last batch so I don't really remember what it looks like normally. I'd really like to make sure I have the right yeast in there to finish the job.

Thanks.

I wouldn't add more yeast, if it's fermenting now. The yeast have reproduced and I can't think of any benefit to adding more now.