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CellarScience® GERMAN Dry Yeast | Weihenstephan Lager | Premium Beer Yeast

    Description

    • GERMAN is the classic lager strain from Weihenstephan Germany that has been used for generations
    • Produces clean, balanced lagers from pilsners to doppelbocks
    • Designed to be sprinkled directly onto the surface of your wort with no pre-oxygenation before pitching required
    • Ferment between 50-59°F
    • CellarScience offers high-quality yeast that is easy to use, consistent, and available at a tremendous value

    The classic lager strain from Weihenstephan Germany that has been used for generations to produce clean, balanced lagers from pilsners to doppelbocks. Like all CellarScience yeast, GERMAN is eligible for direct pitch straight into your wort. CellarScience provides 15g of yeast per sachet, which is up to 36% more than any other brand of dry yeast. Every batch of yeast is PCR tested to ensure quality. GERMAN has been selling to pro breweries for awhile but was just recently packaged down to sachets for homebrewers.

    Dosage:
    One sachet is enough to treat a 5–6 gallon batch. When calculating for larger batches, use at a rate of 2.5–4 grams per gallon of wort. We recommend rounding up by one full sachet rather than measuring out the yeast exactly.

    For professional brewers, use at a rate of 80-120 grams per barrel, depending on wort temperature and gravity.

    Direct Pitch or Rehydrate:
    GERMAN yeast is designed to be sprinkled directly onto the surface of your wort with no oxygenation required in the initial fermentation. Our aerobic growth process makes this possible by creating dry yeast with high viability and high sterol levels. GERMAN yeast is pre-loaded with essential nutrients to ensure a successful, complete fermentation. While not required, some brewers prefer to rehydrate yeast. To hydrate yeast, first, sanitize the yeast brick and scissors. Use 10 grams of sterilized tap water between 85-95°F (29-35°C) mixed with 0.25 grams of FermStart per gram of yeast. Sprinkle yeast on the water. Allow the slurry to stand undisturbed for 20 minutes, then swirl. Use small amounts of wort to adjust to within 10°F (6°C) of wort temperature before pitching. Ferment between 50-59°F (10-15°C).

    Optimum Fermentation Temp: 50-59°F
    Flocculation: High
    Alcohol Tolerance: 9-10% ABV (WY2124 9%)
    Attenuation: 78-85%
    Similar Strains: WLP830, WY2124, W-34/70
    Gluten-free

     

    CellarScience Yeast:
    For years liquid yeast has been sold as the higher quality option but times are changing. Yes, 20 years ago dry yeast was made by bread yeast producers and the quality was not as good as liquid yeast. CellarScience is helping to flip that script with a full lineup of high-quality dry yeasts. Cell count and viability is usually higher than commercial liquid yeast pitches, which vary from pouch to pouch and don't ship well. CellarScience yeast can be pitched directly in most batches of wort, offering significant time savings. Yeast that is quick and easy to use, high quality, and available at a reasonable cost adds up to a tremendous value. Quality yeast that doesn't "break the brink".

    CellarScience Nutrients:
    For high gravity ferments consider rehydrating yeast with CellarScience FermStart yeast hydration nutrient. For high gravity or low nutrient wort, feed your fermentation with CellarScience FermFed DAP Free complex yeast nutrient mix.

    CellarScience® GERMAN Dry Yeast | Weihenstephan Lager | Premium Beer Yeast

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        Description

        • GERMAN is the classic lager strain from Weihenstephan Germany that has been used for generations
        • Produces clean, balanced lagers from pilsners to doppelbocks
        • Designed to be sprinkled directly onto the surface of your wort with no pre-oxygenation before pitching required
        • Ferment between 50-59°F
        • CellarScience offers high-quality yeast that is easy to use, consistent, and available at a tremendous value

        The classic lager strain from Weihenstephan Germany that has been used for generations to produce clean, balanced lagers from pilsners to doppelbocks. Like all CellarScience yeast, GERMAN is eligible for direct pitch straight into your wort. CellarScience provides 15g of yeast per sachet, which is up to 36% more than any other brand of dry yeast. Every batch of yeast is PCR tested to ensure quality. GERMAN has been selling to pro breweries for awhile but was just recently packaged down to sachets for homebrewers.

        Dosage:
        One sachet is enough to treat a 5–6 gallon batch. When calculating for larger batches, use at a rate of 2.5–4 grams per gallon of wort. We recommend rounding up by one full sachet rather than measuring out the yeast exactly.

        For professional brewers, use at a rate of 80-120 grams per barrel, depending on wort temperature and gravity.

        Direct Pitch or Rehydrate:
        GERMAN yeast is designed to be sprinkled directly onto the surface of your wort with no oxygenation required in the initial fermentation. Our aerobic growth process makes this possible by creating dry yeast with high viability and high sterol levels. GERMAN yeast is pre-loaded with essential nutrients to ensure a successful, complete fermentation. While not required, some brewers prefer to rehydrate yeast. To hydrate yeast, first, sanitize the yeast brick and scissors. Use 10 grams of sterilized tap water between 85-95°F (29-35°C) mixed with 0.25 grams of FermStart per gram of yeast. Sprinkle yeast on the water. Allow the slurry to stand undisturbed for 20 minutes, then swirl. Use small amounts of wort to adjust to within 10°F (6°C) of wort temperature before pitching. Ferment between 50-59°F (10-15°C).

        Optimum Fermentation Temp: 50-59°F
        Flocculation: High
        Alcohol Tolerance: 9-10% ABV (WY2124 9%)
        Attenuation: 78-85%
        Similar Strains: WLP830, WY2124, W-34/70
        Gluten-free

         

        CellarScience Yeast:
        For years liquid yeast has been sold as the higher quality option but times are changing. Yes, 20 years ago dry yeast was made by bread yeast producers and the quality was not as good as liquid yeast. CellarScience is helping to flip that script with a full lineup of high-quality dry yeasts. Cell count and viability is usually higher than commercial liquid yeast pitches, which vary from pouch to pouch and don't ship well. CellarScience yeast can be pitched directly in most batches of wort, offering significant time savings. Yeast that is quick and easy to use, high quality, and available at a reasonable cost adds up to a tremendous value. Quality yeast that doesn't "break the brink".

        CellarScience Nutrients:
        For high gravity ferments consider rehydrating yeast with CellarScience FermStart yeast hydration nutrient. For high gravity or low nutrient wort, feed your fermentation with CellarScience FermFed DAP Free complex yeast nutrient mix.

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        DY104
        GERMAN Yeast Technical Sheet
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        Danny P.
        Great value

        I fermented a Fest Bier with 2 packets of this yeast, I pitched this at about 48 degrees and fermented at 50 degrees, fermentation started withing 12 hours, was vigorous and the beer finished as calculated at 1.010 from an O.G. of 1.059. Samples tasted excellent, and the beer is still lagering, I'll bottle in a couple of weeks. Impressed with this yeast.

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        Will S.
        Nice Clean Lager Fermentation

        I used this yeast in a German Pilsner with great results. The beer had a nice clean fermentation and was exactly what I expected out of this yeast strain. The larger than industry standard yeast count and lower price makes this a good value for a lager beer.

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        George T.
        Great house German lager yeast

        I prefer to brew 15 gallon German lager yeast batches. Was getting tired of building up yeast starters from single pouches of liquid yeast over the span of a week before brew day. I opted for the 500 gram pack and split into (5) 100 gram vacuum sealed pouches that I keep in my fridge. 2 hours before pitching into wort, sprinkle 100g into 2L of 1.040 SG DME starter and this combination has provided me with a rip roaring fermentation within 6 hours of pitching into 15 gallons of 1.060 oxygenated wort. Ferments clean and crisp. Also, it's less than half the price of name brand 34/70. Bye bye liquid yeast...

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        William B.

        I brewed a Munich Helles and use this yeast. It did very well in the cold fermentation temperatures between 34-38 degrees and after a month the beer came out fantastic with an ABV of 6.4. I’m washing it and starting my own culture of it.

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        William D.
        Worked great

        Made a 1 qt starter with 1 pkg. Followed with 600 mils of the wort for 24 hours. Got a great pitch, active in 6 hours.

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        Mike S.
        Ferments Clean & Fast

        Have used this yeast 3 times now and each time fermentation has completed within 5 days. Ferm Temp 55-56f. Nice Yeast at a good price and floccs well

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        Kevin
        Hot Ferments The Same As W34/70

        100% pilsner - 30 minute mash, 30 minute boil -- with current grains, DMS is a myth.Fermented at 65* with no pressure and it was done in 5 days, raised temp to 70* for 2 days. Dropped crystal clear after 2.5 weeks in the keg with no finings added. This yeast is perfect for quick lagers at ale temps.

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        DeWayne S.
        Great! Fast and clean fermentation on a large scale.

        Pitched 2-500g packs into a 16bbl of 11P wort at 52F. Fermented out clean and fast. Cleaned it up at 63F with little diacetyl and sulphur production.

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        Nathan G.

        Would I get the benefit of no pre-oxygenation at pitching if I use this as a starter?

        Keith Wiehrs

        Absolutely, Just after transferring my chilled wort into my fermenter and giving a stir, I add it right on top. There may be a lag phase for about a day, but afterwards, no issues and it ferments fully and clean!

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