Yeast Bay--offering some Brett blends

[ahpsp]

Just FYI in case you aren't on the mailing list, The Yeast Bay is going to be offering homebrew sized vials for sale this Friday, 2/21/14. They have several Brett blends and a couple of intriguing looking Saison Strains. I know nothing about them.

http://www.theyeastbay.com/

 

[blizzard]

Thanks for the heads up!

 

[Coff]

I really have plenty of Brett strains but I am going to give them a try. Thanks for the heads up.


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[blizzard]

I really have plenty of Brett strains

nah, this doesn't exist.

 

[metic]

These are up, if anyone is interested. I just got the Lochristi blend, the brett saison blend, and the vermont ale.

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[blizzard]

They sold out of the vermont ale fast. I picked up a few other blends. They aren't cheap, but hopefully they make great beer.

 

[lawbadger]

Vermont Ale was out in a matter of minutes but their fb page said this first offering was to help gauge interest in their strains and stock levels.

Should be nice to get a White Lab isolated version of Conan though at some point.

 

[jxm2119]

Any Conan or Vermont strain is super popular right now, No one has them in stock. Does anyone know what the s/h charges are to buy 1 vial from yeast bay?

 

[blizzard]

I bought three vials and it was $8 S&H via USPS. I'm assuming that is a flat rate, hopefully with some ice.

 

[lawbadger]

Any Conan or Vermont strain is super popular right now, No one has them in stock. Does anyone know what the s/h charges are to buy 1 vial from yeast bay?

It looked like $7.95 for shipping (but included an icepack) so it comes out to $17-18ish.

 

[Coff]

I was shocked all the Conan was gone within 10 mins. I bought all of the Bretts though guys.


All of the Bretts.

 

[blizzard]

Well done, sir!

 

[Coff]

I am going to do a split batch with all 3 strains in a Saison as soon as I get them.

I wanted some Conan though, I had used a culture from a can from 2012 for a year but it crapped out on me, and ECY29 was a stink bomb.

 

[Thorpe429]

I was lucky enough to be checking e-mail right when everything came out, so I bought a vial of everything except the Northeastern Abbey.

I'm planning to get everything going quickly. The three Brett blends will get their own quart mason jars, which is what I use to keep all the Brett variants I have, feeding them periodically.

For the Saison/Brettanomyces Blend, Saison Blend, and Wallonian Farmhouse, I'm going to do a 7.5 gallon batch next weekend, doing 2.5 gallons of each.

For the Funktown Pale and Vermont Ale, I'll do a 10-gallon batch of hoppy pale ale next weekend, ultimately kegging the Vermont Ale portion and bottling the Funktown portion.

Very exciting!

 

[ahpsp]

I was put off by the shipping charge on a vial. Good to hear its flat rate.


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[ahpsp]

Also, Bootleg Biology has a Conan isolate available, at least locally here in DC. I don't know if they ship, but I picked a vial up last week.


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[dcHokie]

Also, Bootleg Biology has a Conan isolate available, at least locally here in DC. I don't know if they ship, but I picked a vial up last week.

Where in DC, 3 Stars?

 

[ahpsp]

Yes. It was there last weekend. I think they call it Magi or something, but Nathan there told me it's a Conan isolate.


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[blizzard]

Does anyone know or strongly suspect the provenance of most of these strains? I'm guessing:

Vermont Ale - Alchemist
Northeastern Abbey - Allagash?
LoChristi Brett - DeProef?

Any thoughts on the saison blend? I'm sure some others are pretty obvious, just not to me.

 

[staytuned]

My guess is the Northeast Abbey is Ommegang. Picked up Lochristi, Saison Brett, and Funktown. With those and the ECY that was released today I have lots of brewing ahead of me!

 

[masonsjax]

I am going to do a split batch with all 3 strains in a Saison as soon as I get them.

I wanted some Conan though, I had used a culture from a can from 2012 for a year but it crapped out on me, and ECY29 was a stink bomb.

Don't want to derail too far, but what do you mean by ECY29 was a stink bomb? What's wrong with it?

 

[MrOrange]

Picked up the lochristi. Ill be doing a split batch saison with lochristi and the ECY03-B I bought the other day. I have high hopes for these beers

 

[metic]

Does anyone know the cell count in the brett blends? I thought I saw it on the website, but I can't find it now. Are people planing to use them for their primary fermentation, or pitching them after/with some sacch?

 

[blizzard]

I don't know if all the Brett blends have the the same count, but Funktown pale says 58 billion per vial.

 

[metic]

Yes, here's what they say on the product info page:

Saccharomyces/Brettanomyces/Lactobacillus/Pediococcus blends will contain a variable number of cells depending on the blend, and the approximate cell count will be listed on the ordering page.

But there is no cell count listed on the pure brett blends, only on Funktown.

 

[Austin_]

Does anyone know or strongly suspect the provenance of most of these strains? I'm guessing:

I'm hoping the Wallonian farmhouse is Fantome. That's what it sounds like from the description.

 

[Fermented_minds]

Yes, here's what they say on the product info page:



But there is no cell count listed on the pure brett blends, only on Funktown.

From Policies and Product Info page:

"Cell Counts. Saccharomyces single strains and blends will contain ~80 billion cells per vial. Brettanomyces single strains and blends and Lactobacillus and Pediococcus single strains and blends will contain ~2 billion cells per vial."

If it only has Sacch it's ~80 billion/vial, only Brett, Pedio or Lacto it's ~2 billion/vial, and mixed Sacch/Brett/Lacto/Pedio will be listed on product page.

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[blizzard]

I'm hoping the Wallonian farmhouse is Fantome. That's what it sounds like from the description.

Would definitely like to hear your thoughts on this once you have a chance to try it.

 

[metic]

From Policies and Product Info page:

"Cell Counts. Saccharomyces single strains and blends will contain ~80 billion cells per vial. Brettanomyces single strains and blends and Lactobacillus and Pediococcus single strains and blends will contain ~2 billion cells per vial."

If it only has Sacch it's ~80 billion/vial, only Brett, Pedio or Lacto it's ~2 billion/vial, and mixed Sacch/Brett/Lacto/Pedio will be listed on product page.

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Oh thanks, I knew I'd read that somewhere, I was looking at the wrong line on the page. So the amounts they are providing suggest that the blends are intended for secondary fermentation.

 

[Fermented_minds]

Oh thanks, I knew I'd read that somewhere, I was looking at the wrong line on the page. So the amounts they are providing suggest that the blends are intended for secondary fermentation.

Could probably go either way. You'd just have to build up a starter.


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