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i have recently been getting into homebrewing. i made a couple batches of hard cider with wild yeast and they all came out pretty good, if not a bit sour. i was wondering if there was any advice you could give me about fermenting cider with store bought ye

I actually think the differences between store-bought regular yeast used for baking bread and those used for brewing have been over-hyped. They are the exact same species, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. I have brewed with store yeast several times and the only time I noticed an off-flavor (a sort of graininess or breadiness) was when I used a whole bunch of the stuff, like the entire packet. When I scaled it back to a quarter of a teaspoon per gallon, all was well. That would be my main recommendation. Homebrewers always tend to “over-pitch” yeast. As for your wild yeast sourness, it was probably caused by a harmless bacterium, Lactobacillus, which produced lactic acid. it’s what gives Belgian beers their characteristc sourness. Coupled with the already present malic acid in apples, it can be quite sour. Personally, I love sour, but your MMV. But when using any yeast but especially store bought, use very little. Like I said, a quarter of a teaspoon. I have even used less, like an 8th. It will take a little while for the yeast to reproduce and create a population, so patience. Good luck!

i have recently been getting into homebrewing. i made a couple batches of hard cider with wild yeast and they all came out pretty good, if not a bit sour. i was wondering if there was any advice you could give me about fermenting cider with store bought ye

I actually think the differences between store-bought regular yeast used for baking bread and those used for brewing have been over-hyped. They are the exact same species, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. I have brewed with store yeast several times and the only time I noticed an off-flavor (a sort of graininess or breadiness) was when I used a whole bunch of the stuff, like the entire packet. When I scaled it back to a quarter of a teaspoon per gallon, all was well. That would be my main recommendation. Homebrewers always tend to “over-pitch” yeast. As for your wild yeast sourness, it was probably caused by a harmless bacterium, Lactobacillus, which produced lactic acid. it’s what gives Belgian beers their characteristc sourness. Coupled with the already present malic acid in apples, it can be quite sour. Personally, I love sour, but your MMV. But when using any yeast but especially store bought, use very little. Like I said, a quarter of a teaspoon. I have even used less, like an 8th. It will take a little while for the yeast to reproduce and create a population, so patience. Good luck!

i have recently been getting into homebrewing. i made a couple batches of hard cider with wild yeast and they all came out pretty good, if not a bit sour. i was wondering if there was any advice you could give me about fermenting cider with store bought ye

I actually think the differences between store-bought regular yeast used for baking bread and those used for brewing have been over-hyped. They are the exact same species, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. I have brewed with store yeast several times and the only time I noticed an off-flavor (a sort of graininess or breadiness) was when I used a whole bunch of the stuff, like the entire packet. When I scaled it back to a quarter of a teaspoon per gallon, all was well. That would be my main recommendation. Homebrewers always tend to “over-pitch” yeast. As for your wild yeast sourness, it was probably caused by a harmless bacterium, Lactobacillus, which produced lactic acid. it’s what gives Belgian beers their characteristc sourness. Coupled with the already present malic acid in apples, it can be quite sour. Personally, I love sour, but your MMV. But when using any yeast but especially store bought, use very little. Like I said, a quarter of a teaspoon. I have even used less, like an 8th. It will take a little while for the yeast to reproduce and create a population, so patience. Good luck!

Joe Biden, waiting for his human Barack Obama to come back home.

Joe Biden, waiting for his human Barack Obama to come back home.

Talked to a woman today who did not like John Green. "He doesn't write realistic teenagers," she complained.

"They’re too smart and witty."

Um, who in God’s name would want to read about realistic teenagers?—

Gus looked at his cell phone from the time he woke up until the time he went to bed. The end.

Seriously, imagine reading a whole book peopled with realistic teenagers!

"Simplistic and patronizing platitude about how special you are." —John Green (fave quote)

"Wake early if you want another man’s life or land. No lamb for the lazy wolf. No battle’s won in..."

“Wake early if you want another man’s life or land. No lamb for the lazy wolf. No battle’s won in bed.”

- Viking saying, Hávamál (via innaeon)

Oh, baby.

Oh, baby.

Um, is it because it will make them lots of money?derrr….

Um, is it because it will make them lots of money?

derrr….

We all need someone we can lean on.

We all need someone we can lean on.

Another way to look at it is: why are so many of us sick?

I did mean some offense in my previous post and don’t apologize for it because I believe most people don’t think, but assume, and I’m here to annoy such people.

The accusations of me oversimplifying and painting with broad brush strokes probably have merit. I was just trying to write like my social justice blogger cistern. Imagine if instead of psychology I was talking about the white man, or just the man. That fucker’d have 1,500 notes.

But, honestly, I was just thinking about psychology in existential or philosophical terms. Though I used religious terms and motifs, I did so only because I knew it would be especially offensive and annoying to the liberal, enlightened, all-knowing Tumblr reader. Haha.

Don’t you guys know me yet?

I don’t deny that the efforts of psychology can help some people, but what is being helped? Why are they sick and why are there so many of them?Let’s say even a quarter of the people utilize the services of the profession. Why so many? Doesn’t this say something about us as a society and NOT something about the individuals seeking help?

I believe it is larger than 25%, especially among younger people. I know fairly well a dozen or so people in their early to mid-20s and I can only think of one who is not on pills or in therapy or “behavior management” of some kind.

Is this ok with you? It ain’t with me. Thus my post.

At the very least it’s something to think about and not assume.