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Lacto Brevis — Imperial Yeast

Imperial Yeast

Representative The maker publishes no figures for this product, so these are class-typical values instead.

Lab
Imperial Yeast
Product code
W25
Form
liquid
Type
wild
Attenuation
30–40 %
Temperature
29–38 °C
Flocculation
low
Alcohol tolerance
not published as a number
STA1
not published — treat as unknown

Description

Lactobacillus brevis for a quick kettle sour: lactic acid in a day or two when held warm, and hop-sensitive enough that you should sour before you bitter. It does not ferment alcohol — pitch a Saccharomyces afterwards. Attenuation is nominal.

Source

imperialyeast.com

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