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G`day all excellent site,just done my 40th brew and what a differance my brews are now compared to when first started,

Thought i`ll do a coopers pale ale with yeast from two stubbies,I put the dregs in a 1.25 coke bottle and for 5 days kept feeding about 100mls of malted water,during that time didn`t see any krausen but the bottle was full of pressure and quite a bit of sediment on the bottom of bottle.

So comes brew day when the wort was the same temp as the yeast 20 degress i pitched it in, after giving it the taste test.after 24 hours nothing 2nd day still nothing that night open fermenter and give it a stir, just looked quite cloudy when stirred,next morning still nothing,after work that night still no life,took the lid off gave it a stir and pitched a packet of the yeast that came with the kit.And Holy Mother what happened after that, it just frothed up and out of the fermenter just like a bad chemical reaction and just kept frothing for about 30 seconds quickly put the lid back on ,and soon after she was off the air lock was working over time getting the co2 out.
It`s the first time for me using the pale ale yeast this way just thinking that this type of yeast ferments without any krausen forming.
Thanks


Mario

Mario,
I have used the yeast from Coopers Pale Ale stubbies several times now.
My experiences have been it only takes around 48hrs to get it going such that there is heaps of krausen (in the coke bottle). I made up a standard
1.5Litre volume with one third cup D.M.E. and the same again dextose (boiled for about 10mins).

The yeast is very vigorous and smells beautiful and fruity. Once pitched it goes really fast and does in my experience produce heaps of krausen.
However, I am not convinced that I like the finished beer. For me the propergated Coopers yeast when used for brewing tends to dominate the final taste of my homebrews.

I've discussed this with my homebrew shop who reckon that the Coopers yeast works well for Coopers......but when used at home you don't get quite the same effect. But, it is still heaps better than using the powdered Coopers yeast sachet and many homebrewers I believe really like using the propergated yeast from Coopers stubbies.

Cheers - Olly

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