Drew and I are getting ready to record the next podcast and we're looking for questions for the Q&A section. You can either post them here or mail them to [email protected]
Can I add champagne yeast to a high gravity beer to drive the FG down?
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Will champagne yeast ferment the more complex sugars that most brewer's yeast can't?
Some say that champagne yeast can only ferment more simple sugars. Others say that it's worked for them. I've tried it and didn't notice any change, but it did work well at bottling time for conditioning.
Sent one over the email, thanks for the great show Denny (and Drew, if he's lurking...)
411 on using amylase enzymes to fix poor attenuation once in the fermentor. Also, as an aid in making light lagers (maybe other enzymes are useful here?)
No questions at the moment, but I just wanted to chime in and say that I really enjoy the show. Thanks for taking some of the pain out of my hour long commute to work!
"What are some tips/techniques to fix common off flavors, such as Diacetyl, Acetaldehyde, DMS, etc?"
As an aside, my club did an Iron Brewer competition, in which we were required 3 randomly chosen ingredients in a beer. The first round was Citra, Flaked Corn, and Mushrooms. I looked to your Wee Shroomy recipe for inspiration but went a little different with it....made a blonde ale with American Ale II yeast and 4oz of Dried Chanterelles.
People who didn't know it was the mushroom beer could swear it Apricots or Peaches in it! Turned out great!