All Things Fermentation Blog

The Next Generation: Better Viability
Homebrewing
PurePitch Next Generation
Yeast Health
Viability
Jun 26, 2024

The Next Generation: Better Viability

From the beginning, White Labs has focused on high cell counts, high viability, and high strain diversity. In 1995, we coined the term “pitchable” as a way to bring a new type of liquid yeast into homebrewing and integrated into our strain numbers (WLP = White Labs Pitchable). The term ‘starters’ originated before White Labs,…

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Reliable Pitch Rate for Reliable Fermentation
Yeast Handling
Homebrewing
PurePitch Next Generation
Yeast Health
Viability
Pitch Rate
Nov 16, 2022

Reliable Pitch Rate for Reliable Fermentation

The Next Generation The Next Generation of PurePitch® is finally here with key advancements to make your brew day easier. One of the most important is that PurePitch® is NOW AT 2X THE PITCH! Why Care About Pitch Rates In our decades of research and working with brewing partners, we know that having a precise…

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Quest for the Best Blonde Ale Yeast
Brewing Technical
PurePitch Next Generation
Jul 28, 2022

Quest for the Best Blonde Ale Yeast

Best Blonde Ale Yeast Ever wonder which yeast would go well in a blonde ale recipe? At White Labs, we took the White Lab Brewing Co's concept of using the same base recipe and making the only difference the yeast strain to highlight its importance! In collaboration with Craft Beer Professionals, we went coast to…

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PurePitch® Next Generation: Yeast Pitching Calculator
Brewing Technical
PurePitch Next Generation
Viability
Pitch Rate
May 17, 2022

PurePitch® Next Generation: Yeast Pitching Calculator

Yeast Pitching Calculator Have you seen or used our PurePitch® Next Generation Pouches? Do you still have some questions about what is printed on the pouch and how much to use? If the recommendations confuse you a little bit, or you just want to dig into some of the science behind it, keep reading! Same…

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High Temperature Partnership: Homebrewing with Kveik yeast
Homebrewing
PurePitch Next Generation
Kveik
Nov 22, 2021

High Temperature Partnership: Homebrewing with Kveik yeast

“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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Talking Homebrew at Asheville Brewers Supply
Yeast Handling
Homebrewing
Yeast Starter
PurePitch Next Generation
Yeast Health
May 27, 2021

Talking Homebrew at Asheville Brewers Supply

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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Homebrew Experiment with Clawhammer Supply
Homebrewing
PurePitch Next Generation
Clawhammer Supply
Mar 9, 2021

Homebrew Experiment with Clawhammer Supply

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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The Life of Brewers Yeast
Brewing Technical
PurePitch Next Generation
Yeast Health
Jan 15, 2021

The Life of Brewers Yeast

The Stressful Life of Brewers Yeast Think back to last summer, that hot day of yard work breaking a sweat and quenching your thirst with that satisfying blond ale. How was that beer created? What ingredients and processes went into crafting its perfect balance and complex flavors? The yeast used to ferment that beer had…

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