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I have a can of this coming and I am wondering if anyone has experience with the yeast included with this kit. Good, bad, indifferent? I plan on splitting between two mr beer lbk's and I am unsure if I should use the included yeast, split it between the two brews, or buy some other yeast. thought about using the included yeast in one lbk and something else in the other. any suggestions would be much appreciated.

I have had excellent results using Muntons Premium Dry Yeast, most recently in my Bombs Away Blonde Ale. But, I haven't heard too many favorable comments regarding the regular Muntons dry yeast. If it's premium, then go for it for sure. If it's the regular stuff, then you'll have to make a decision.

It is the regular can, not the premium. Thanks for your input on this, I will have to decide when the time comes what direction to go in.

You could always go in both directions and use what came with it vs something else, or two something elses. Splitting a batch can be a great educational tool to see exactly what the difference yeast can make in two identical batches brewed at the same time.

I agree with the DaYooper. I would do 2 different yeasts. It is amazing how just by using different yeasts you can get 2 different beers

The muntons regular yeast is really meant to brew beer with a sugar adjunct along with the malt extract. It was selected specifically for this. So if you convert all the sugar the recipe calls for to malt you end up with a sweeter lower attenuated beer - which then makes people bitch that the yeast sucks. But they are simply not using it the way it was intended to be used. (That can of extract is meant to make 5 gallons with something like 2# of sugar added). Quite frankly, I would not use it unless I was using a sugar adjunct. I'd swap it out for some other yeast.

The muntons Premium (Gold) yeast is a good all malt English style yeast. It is like a more bready/spicy version of S-04. This is the yeast Muntons sells with their all malt kits (Muntons Gold kits, which come as 2 3.3# cans of extract).

any suggestions on what yeast to use?

mregione wrote:any suggestions on what yeast to use?

What temperatures can you maintain?

currently 68-72 until i can talk the wife into getting me a fridge or freezer and controller to make a fermentation chamber.