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Kveik Strains are ready to spring into your summer brews! Have you ever heard of a strain that can ferment hot and fast without adding phenolic characters to let your hops and malt shine?! Don’t have temperature control for the hot summer months? Need to knock out a brew in less than 10 days? We…
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We offer third-party analytical testing that is independent of the White Labs’ internal yeast production laboratory. Tests are conducted using the strictest standards employing methods prescribed by the American Society of Brewing Chemists and AOAC. White Labs conducts tests and delivers results in a prompt manner, providing customers with information that is both timely and…
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Guide To Cider Fermentations Who doesn’t love a crisp, refreshing cider in any season? The artisanal cider market is changing the way cider is perceived in America, from a sugary sweet beverage to a complex unique alternative to beer. White Labs has several products to help you create the perfect hard cider. Yeast Choice Matters…
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“I first brewed the kit using London fog yeast. This time, I brewed it with your Kveik yeast and liked it quite a bit more.” - Steve Hilla We enjoy seeing how brewers push the boundaries of yeast and fermentation techniques, so we recently teamed up with White Street Brewers Guild from Wake Forest, NC,…
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A major component of quality beer is consistency and repeatability. Good documentation practices (GDP) ensure your documenting and reviewing any deviations from batch to batch. White Labs Big QC Day® program offers breweries of every size the ability to benchmark products over time. In this blog, we dive into a few values and results provided…
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On the Streets with White Labs As a bunch of beer geeks with roots in homebrewing, we decided to take to the streets and geek out at one of our favorite LHBS. A sunny spring day led White Labs Education & Engagement Curator Jo Doyle to Asheville Brewers Supply to talk shop with homebrewers picking…
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What is kombucha? Kombucha is a popular fermented drink traditionally made of sugar, black tea, and a SCOBY. What is a SCOBY? A SCOBY is an acronym for Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast. These SCOBYs consist of microorganisms that differ greatly depending on the environment. Typically the SCOBY or “mother” are transferred batch to…
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The market for gluten-free products is ever increasing. Beer has traditionally not been a product available for the gluten-intolerant crowd. Using a specific enzyme, drinking gluten-reduced beer has now become a reality. Clarity Ferm® Clarity Ferm® is an enzyme containing proline-specific endo-protease derived from a selected strain of Aspergillus niger. Clarity Ferm® IS INTENDED FOR…
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Compound Spotlight: Diacetyl Category: Usually undesirable Aroma: Butter, butterscotch Threshold (in beer): 50-100ppb Introduction to Diacetyl Diacetyl is a chemical compound produced by brewer’s yeast which can be reminiscent of butter or buttered popcorn. While a few styles (e.g. some English ales and European lagers) have low levels of diacetyl, it is generally considered undesirable…
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Cell counting provides two vital metrics: the total amount of cells in a storage vessel and a culture’s viability (amount of living cells). This information can then be used to decide if a culture is capable of another healthy fermentation. In addition, it can be used to calculate the exact volume needed to achieve a…
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We enjoy surrounding ourselves with beer nerds of all caliber. For this yeast experiment, we found ourselves partnering with Clawhammer Supply to explore split batching homebrew and pitching four different yeast strains. Splitting up a base wort with different yeast strains we looked at how each strain could turn the same wort into completely different…
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Making a Kettle Sour with Lactobacillus Cultures Kettle souring can be a convenient method for creating a crisp, clean, tart beer. Sour beers add variety to the beer menu and can attract new clientele. There are multiple ways to achieve a sour beer. One of the easiest is by using a Lactobacillus culture pre-fermentation in…
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