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  • Archive for June, 2008

    How To Make Wine: Does The Type Of Yeast You Use Make A Difference?

    Thursday, June 12th, 2008

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    What kind of yeast do you use to make your wine? Ever thought of using liquid yeast instead of dry yeast?

    In my latest video I discuss the pro’s and con’s of using dry yeast and liquid yeast to make your wine.

    Would love to hear what your thoughts are on this so please do leave me a comment!

    - Scott “The Wine Making Guy”

    Here’s some further reading on yeast I found for you:

    • Dry Yeast v. Liquid Yeast
    • - Anyway, wine and mead makers tend to use dry yeast as opposed to beer makers who tend towards liquid yeast. Older style beer kits that come in a can still include a packet of dry yeast (or so I’ve been told, I’ve never actually made …

    • Yeast - liquid vs. dry - how big a difference?
    • - My last order I got 2 kits plus liquid yeast and I was at $80. So I’m looking at ways to shave cost and obviously using the dry yeast is one way to do it. I understand better ingredients will give you better results (costs are higher). …

    • Yeast
    • - The two main yeast manufacturers are Wyeast and Whitelabs. Both of these are liquid yeasts, but they are a little different from each other. The last type is dry yeast. There are also numerous manufactorers of dry yeast. …

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