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Date: 08 Aug 2006 08:40:23
From: John Krehbiel
Subject: Culturing yeast from Hoegaarden
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I currently use a generic wort made from amber LME to do my starters.
Is that suitable to try to culture the yeast from a bottle of
Hoegaarden? Should I use a wheat malt instead, or does it make any
difference?
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Date: 08 Aug 2006 14:09:11
From: John Krehbiel
Subject: Re: Culturing yeast from Hoegaarden
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GeoffT wrote:
> Hoegaarden use a lager yeast (not their primary yeast strain) in their
> bottles and you might not get the results you're looking for.
That's really the main thing, isn't it. Thanks.
John
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Date: 09 Aug 2006 01:29:33
From: Todd Carter
Subject: Re: Culturing yeast from Hoegaarden
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White Labs 400 Belgian Wit is rumored to be Hoegaarden - I don't think
you'll be disappointed. It makes a very tasty wit. Wyeast 3944 is
probably the same thing.
Todd
John Krehbiel wrote:
> GeoffT wrote:
>> Hoegaarden use a lager yeast (not their primary yeast strain) in their
>> bottles and you might not get the results you're looking for.
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> That's really the main thing, isn't it. Thanks.
>
> John
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Date: 08 Aug 2006 11:48:28
From: GeoffT
Subject: Re: Culturing yeast from Hoegaarden
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Hoegaarden use a lager yeast (not their primary yeast strain) in their
bottles and you might not get the results you're looking for. I would
go with a White Labs Belgian Wit yeast or similar.
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Date: 08 Aug 2006 17:12:40
From: John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
Subject: Re: Culturing yeast from Hoegaarden
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On 8 Aug 2006 08:40:23 -0700, <j_krehbiel@hotmail.com > wrote:
> I currently use a generic wort made from amber LME to do my starters.
> Is that suitable to try to culture the yeast from a bottle of
> Hoegaarden? Should I use a wheat malt instead, or does it make any
> difference?
For the purpose of a starter it shouldn't make any difference. Use
whatever you have available.
John.
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Date: 08 Aug 2006 18:24:56
From: Jan Chrillesen
Subject: Re: Culturing yeast from Hoegaarden
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On 8 Aug 2006 17:12:40 GMT, John 'Shaggy' Kolesar <spam@shagg.net > wrote:
> On 8 Aug 2006 08:40:23 -0700, <j_krehbiel@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> I currently use a generic wort made from amber LME to do my starters.
>> Is that suitable to try to culture the yeast from a bottle of
>> Hoegaarden? Should I use a wheat malt instead, or does it make any
>> difference?
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> For the purpose of a starter it shouldn't make any difference. Use
> whatever you have available.
However, don't add the slurry of one Hoegaarden bottle to a fullsize
starter. You need to step up the starter from the slurry. Start out with
10-50 ml of wort, then move on to maybe 200 ml (7 fl oz) and finally to
a fullsize starter of 1 liter (1 quart) or more.
- Jan
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