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Best Practices – Hard Seltzer FermentationHard seltzer is produced from a sugar-based fermentation that produces a neutral alcohol base that is often flavored with fruit or other aromatics. There are many different strategies for producing hard seltzer depending on the priorities of the brewer. This best practices document covers the following sections: "Choose your strategy", "choose the sugar source", "Control the pH", "Protect the Yeast", "Feed the yeas with protocol and typical results", "Optimize the fermentation", "Filtration, dilution and flavoring".
Best Practices – LalBrew Premium Brewing Yeast: Shelf life, Storage and Pitching rateThe quality of Lallemand Premium Brewing Yeast is rooted in the dry yeast production process. This document highlights the best practices for longer shelf life, consistent pitch rates and performance when using our LalBrew® Premium Series.
Best Practices – Repitching using dry yeastRe-pitching yeast is an effective method to reduce the cost of yeast per brew. Lallemand Premium Brewing yeast has the high viability and purity required for re-pitching. However, producing a consistent product from each successive fermentation is a significant challenge to the brewer.
Best practices – Saison solutionsSaison (French for “season”) is a beer style originating from Wallonia, Belgium, originally produced to provide beer to workers during the farming season. Traditional Saison beers are refreshingly dry with notes of fruit and spice. In this best practice document, discover which LalBrew solution best suits your next brew.
Best Practices – Sour Solutions: Strain ComparisonSour beer styles range in seemingly unlimited flavors from fruity and neutrally acidic, to bitter or sweet. The brewer should choose bacteria and yeast strains carefully to achieve the desired flavor profile. This document serves as a guide to illustrate selected bacteria and yeast profiles and combinations for sour beers styles, including common combinations that have been validated extensively in commercial trials, as well as some more unique strain combinations. This is not a comprehensive list, many other combinations are possible for the creative and adventurous brewer.