Quit hatin on dry yeast

[kh54s10]

If you are only using a couple of varieties of dry yeast you are really limiting yourself. I make vials of yeast/glycerin/water to freeze. I have 13 varieties and 3 more in dry yeast for spur of the moment brews. I use both dry and liquid.

Us05 is great for APA's and AIPA's but if you wanted to brew a good Continental style, liquid is a must. (of course there are some dry yeasts that will do some of them.) There are more and more dry yeasts being produced so there are a lot more styles you can make as compared to just a few years ago.

But if you really want to explore a lot of styles liquid is a must and dry will be just as good for many styles. Go with what is best for your recipe!

So don't hate on dry yeast, but don't forget liquid either.

 

[ArcaneXor]

And I'd like to try offerings from those people, but they're not in my local shop yet. Maybe as a customer I should express my interest for more diversity in yeast. Sure, someone's Wit may be the same as someone else's, but competition breeds options... and I wouldn't mind standing on the curb watching a good ol' fashioned yeast price war..

Of these, at least Gigayeast sells to retailers, though they are pretty pricy (as are most yeasts from the west coast for us - shipping is ridiculous!).

http://www.gigayeast.com/home-brew-retailers

Lots of good results with the Vermont IPA, and I will be trying out the lacto and Koelsch pretty soon.

 

[brewbama]

When the last smack pack showed up DOA, I decided dry is the way to go in the Summer. Good thing I had some US-05 for just such an emergency. I don't have a LHBS so mail order is the way I roll. Liquid can't handle the heat.

 

[KangerBrew6]

I like hate dry yeasts so much that I make starters with them and turn them into liquid yeasts. That teaches em real good.

 

[MaddBaggins]

In the last couple years I've started trying dry yeasts. WB-06 is my goto for hefe. I like the results far better than any liquid hefe I've used. I've tried S-04 and US-05 a few times and keep some in the fridge.
I have a batch fermenting with T-58 right now. It took off like a beast. I made a starter on that to see how it would work.

My LHBS has a couple brands of dry but so far, I've only used Fermentis. Otherwise, I use White Labs.

 

[bford]

i mostly brew IPA's, Pale ales, stouts, brown ales, ambers and s-05 is my go to yeast for that. occassionaly will use s-04 as well. but i live in a warm climate and s-04 can get off if something goes wrong with temp control. s-05 is very forgiving so for me, that is why it is better than its liquid counterparts.
i also brew a lot of belgian ales. liquid for these. BUT I recently tried belle saison which is a dry strain. it is great.

I brew 2 gallon batches, so liquid yeast just isn't cost effective... I really don't want to harvest, so I just buy dry yeast...


S05 has been great.... not as big a fan of S04....

I did use Belle Saison for a Saison and it was great...... liked my beer more than two craft saisons I compared it with...

I have a hefe fermenting right now... I'm using the Mangrove Jack Bavarian Wheat.. I picked up several of their dry yeasts to try over the next few months.