Needing a little advice
Moderator: Site Moderator
-
- Swill Maker
- Posts: 188
- Joined: Wed Sep 02, 2020 6:50 am
- Location: Alberta
Needing a little advice
I live in Canada and although I missed my opportunity this week to ferment while the weather was sunny in the mid 20’s I would love to get fired up for the summer. The next couple weeks is supposed to be low to mid teens and around 5-9 at night. Normally I use bakers yeast but I feel these temps might be a little low. Should I go pick up some lavlin ec-1118? I will be doing a first gen ujssm. I just want something to run that I can sip on while the weather warms up a smige more and I can start making my ag whiskeys. I should mention I don’t have any sort of heaters or anything. I do have a couple spare blankets I can use to wrap, my fermenters are 2 20 gallon brute trash cans.
- Deplorable
- Site Donor
- Posts: 4000
- Joined: Thu Jun 25, 2020 12:10 pm
- Location: In the East, (IYKYK)
Re: Needing a little advice
Try US-05. It's been a great fall and winter yeast for me maintaining temps of around 68°F
Fear and ridicule are the tactics of weak-minded cowards and tyrants who have no other leadership talent from which to draw in order to persuade.
-
- Site Donor
- Posts: 1817
- Joined: Wed Dec 30, 2020 10:17 pm
- Location: Northwest France
Re: Needing a little advice
I've run sugar washes on bakers yeast (SAF-Instant from LeSaffre / Fermentis, makers of US-05) inside the house with temps between 18C and 21C. I got clean BW washes fermented down to 0.990 ish without any grief, but they did take about 10 days I think to get that low. Obviously being inside the house the temperature variation was lower than outside, but it ran nicely.
"I have a potstill that smears like a fresh plowed coon on the highway" - Jimbo
A little spoon feeding *For New & Novice Distillers
A little spoon feeding *For New & Novice Distillers
-
- Swill Maker
- Posts: 188
- Joined: Wed Sep 02, 2020 6:50 am
- Location: Alberta
Re: Needing a little advice
I used fleichmans bakers yeast inside no problem during the winter at around 20C and it fermented great unfortunately after that my wife told me she doesn’t want her house smelling like a brewery, I’ve been kicked out into my uninsulated shop lol, once later June\July hits I will be fine again.NormandieStill wrote: ↑Sat May 15, 2021 12:06 pm I've run sugar washes on bakers yeast (SAF-Instant from LeSaffre / Fermentis, makers of US-05) inside the house with temps between 18C and 21C. I got clean BW washes fermented down to 0.990 ish without any grief, but they did take about 10 days I think to get that low. Obviously being inside the house the temperature variation was lower than outside, but it ran nicely.
Re: Needing a little advice
My basement stays in the low 60s F during the winter. I've had great luck with DADY yeast doing all grain whiskeys down there. Supposedly the ideal temp for DADY is around 90, but it has performed just fine for me at 60-64. It's very similar to bakers.
Plain ole pot rig.
-
- Swill Maker
- Posts: 188
- Joined: Wed Sep 02, 2020 6:50 am
- Location: Alberta
Re: Needing a little advice
Well I got 4 packs of the us-05 and 4 packs of ec-118 for when it warms up a little more, unfortunately I forgot them in my truck glove box while it was +30 for 2 days, do you think the yeast will still be okay? I can only blame myself
- still_stirrin
- Master of Distillation
- Posts: 10344
- Joined: Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:01 am
- Location: where the buffalo roam, and the deer & antelope play
Re: Needing a little advice
Crapshoot!Justinthunder wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 3:07 pm Well I got 4 packs of the us-05 and 4 packs of ec-118 for when it warms up a little more, unfortunately I forgot them in my truck glove box while it was +30 for 2 days, do you think the yeast will still be okay?
Make a starter and see. Less risk that way.
ss
My LM/VM & Potstill: My build thread
My Cadco hotplate modification thread: Hotplate Build
My stock pot gin still: stock pot potstill
My 5-grain Bourbon recipe: Special K
My Cadco hotplate modification thread: Hotplate Build
My stock pot gin still: stock pot potstill
My 5-grain Bourbon recipe: Special K
-
- Master of Distillation
- Posts: 4667
- Joined: Sun Aug 27, 2006 4:48 am
- Location: Northern Victoria, Australia
Re: Needing a little advice
Sure, check it.Justinthunder wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 3:07 pm Well I got 4 packs of the us-05 and 4 packs of ec-118 for when it warms up a little more, unfortunately I forgot them in my truck glove box while it was +30 for 2 days, do you think the yeast will still be okay? I can only blame myself
But it will probably be okay.
In the bakery we used compressed yeast blocks but had vacuum sealed granular yeast in case the other ran short.
Used to keep it on the shelf and temperatures got quite hot, sometimes in the high thirties.
Didn't seem to be a problem.
Geoff
The Baker