We’re getting pro tips from Imperial Yeast on fermenting high-gravity lager beers. Adam McClure, Technical Support Specialist at Imperial Yeast, discusses special considerations for higher alcohol lagers including yeast cell count and pitch rate, staggered aeration, fermentation temperature, and extended lagering techniques. Plus, the importance of performing both forced fermentation and VDK (or diacetyl) tests
Winning one homebrew medal is cool enough, but can you imagine winning at least one medal in all 50 U.S. states? Oregon Brew Crew member Rodney Kibzey has done it, and in this episode we sit down to enjoy a lot of his beer and talk about it. Hear about Rodney’s cross-country medal sweep, his
The world of hybrid yeast strains is nearly endless and Imperial Yeast is tapping into that biodiversity in brewing yeast with the new Imperialis Project. Dr. Matt Winans, Imperial’s R&D Scientist, joins Chip to talk about the the first release from that series, I22 Capri, and get technical on the topics of breeding brewing
