Champagne yeast

[sihole]

SO! We want to experiment using champagne yeast for the secondary, just for fun! Which one of the supply shops has chapmagne yeast? AND what is the name?
Simon

[daxdefranco]

maybe winekit.co.kr?

[Kunkemonster]

Is this a legit post? Why would you double ferment? How about posting n the intro thread first.

[wgensel]

To be honest I don't know what the double fermenting would do? Do you mean you are just adding it for carbing your beer, or you are going to pitch more wort and then ferment again to enhance flavor? I've made a great belgian by pitching two yeasts (WLP570 and S-04), but I've personally never heard of secondary fermentation. When people say that it is usually a misnomer.

[sihole]

Is this a legit post? Why would you double ferment? How about posting n the intro thread first.

Maybe not legit in the sense that I've never done this before: brewing and secondary. But it's an ingredient question still the same and the answer I've found is champagne yeast is available at goodbeer.co.kr and its under "Wine Hyomo" but in Hongul. That's wine yeast. Lalvin EC-1118 is a champagne yeast.

After a little more research I learned that if used to carbonate it could very well create bombs. Also, secondary fermentation IS a misnomer(good call wgensel) because most of the sugar should have been eaten up by the end of primary.

I think I'll follow wgensel and the others advice and on our next batch do 2 different carlo rossi's: one with just champagne yeast, and the other with champagne and an ale yeast.

CHEERS!!
Simon

[gordsellar]

Not only could it lead to bottle bombs, but... I used champagne yeast when I made some cider, and it has such a high tolerance for alcohol that when it was done, there was basically no sugar (ie. sweetness) in the juice. Dry cider is one thing, but this was dessicated... it was a horror.