This Prise de Mousse strain is fast-starting, clean and neutral. Premier Cuvee is a popular choice because of its consistently strong fermentation characteristics and high alcohol tolerance, up to 18%. The first choice for champagne and sparkling wines. Also good for restarting stuck fermentations. See our entire line of champagne yeast here.
This is the only yeast I use for all fruit wines. It yields a high ABV, about 17%, consistently.
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K.B.
good stable yeast
I usually use this brand and type. so I cannot tell you much.
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B.T.
Wine Yeast
This yeast is great! Started working right away and very active.
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J.C.
solid product
I have used this on 2 of my brews. I use wort after it started boiling to proof my yeast, let it cool to 110 and set it up in a screw cap or flip top bottle and let it proof while wort boils for an hour. Always comes out great, first batch had bubble within an hour. Always a great backup.
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d.
Correcting myself - It DOES have good potential for 18%
In my last review I explained how I only achieved 15% abv using this yeast. After a bit of research, I found several different ABV calculations and discovered that calculating ABV is NOT a linear equation. I plugged in my BSG and FSG into a simpler wine calculation and got 15.8% abv. Then I plugged them into a more complicated equation for higher alcohol beverages and got 17.7%._x000D_So, if you find yourself attaining lower alcohol content than you anticipated with this yeast, make sure you are using the correct equation. Use the "alternate" on this page:_x000D_http://www.brewersfriend.com/abv-calculator/_x000D__x000D_Or, if you are going to be in the normal wine-ballpark, use BSG-FSG / 0.736, and multiply the result by 100.
