Cote Des Blancs Yeast Has Arrived!
1264 days agoYup, the one I purchased from eBay and sent all the way from the US! It has finally arrived! Considering that I had purchased this pack just on 12th August and it arrived today 20th August, I am quite impressed. It took just 8 days for the pack to ship from the US to Singapore. Not bad, I am thinking that I could be buying more stuff from the Internet, especially if the stuff from my local homebrew store is too damn expensive (well just like yeast).
And with the arrival of the yeast means that I am on track to make the Apfelwein this weekend. I will be using two packs of this Cote Des Blancs yeast to make what will hopefully be some very fine Apple Wine. I read that using Cote Des Blancs yeast will produce a very smooth wine which I am very keen to try. But I have also heard some bad things like there will be sort of like a buttery aftertaste and that it takes very long to ferment finish. Well, for that reason, I will be adding yeast nutrients to the must as well using 2 packets of yeast. That should give the yeast a good boost and hopefully, it will not produce that buttery flavour in the wine. Who likes wine that taste like oily butter anyways? Definitely not me.
Well, I have added some pictures of the yeast.
That’s 10 packets of Cote des Blancs yeast! Should last me quite a while. Of course, it will mainly depend on whether the result of the wine is decent enough to continue making Apfelwein.
Red Star Cote de Blancs in all it’s glory. It is an active dry wine yeast and Levure Oenologique Seche et Active, whatever that means. Oh, it is also Kosher, so it should be alright for Jews to use this yeast. And oh, the manufacturer is Red Star. I believe that they are related to the former Soviet Union. The 5 gram pack should be enough for 23 litres of wine, but we have 10 packs and it’s cheap, so why not use 2 packs to ensure we get the best results.
The back of the yeast packet with instructions. Basically, they are telling you to rehydrate the yeast, which I think I will be doing. It is always good to rehydrate your yeast in order for your yeast to gain enough water to rebuild their cells before you pitch it and shock the hell out of it in the sugar rich must. Sort of like getting it more prepared for work. Well guys, this is the stuff that will be making all those precious alcohol we all love so much. So let’s give them all the respect they deserve.
