Rehydrating Yeast ??

[brewaway]

Hi There.

I am trying to rehydrate youngs super wine yeast. (With little success)

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Have tried colling boiled water to 30, adding yeast and covering but it just goes a cloudy color and does not foam up on top

[darrel]

Hi, you dont rehydrate it. If its the same as my Youngs one at home it has other stuff it it (Bentonite for finning, nutrient etc), hence the funny colour. Just put a heaped teaspoon in and your away.

[lockwood1956]

Have tried colling boiled water to 30, adding yeast and covering but it just goes a cloudy color and does not foam up on top

it wont foam until it has sugars to eat, pop a teaspoon of sugar in the mix and it should kick in.

there is a tutorial on making yeast starters here, i prefer my yeast hydrated and working fully (as in a yeast starter) before it goes into the must, that way I know the yeast is viable, and is a colony of a good size before it starts its main work.

http://www.winesathome.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=908

hope this helps
regards
bob

[halfastory]

Darrel.....used Youngs Super Yeast for the first time and its fermented dry amazingly fast! Nice layer of sediment but i've got a milky colour wine number 1 that looks as though it may take an eternity to clear. Do you let it sit for a few weeks after degassing or have you used finings. May go back to the yeast i'm used to and let it ferment at a slower pace in future.

[darrel]

Halfastory, I wouldnt worry about the clearing process. Upto now with it ive only had 1 batch that took a while to clear (around 8 days). That was from being completly milky to reading a paper through it.
The current batch is nearly ready for bottling and its only been 2 days clearing however i do use Richies quick clear.
Im not saying its the best yeast available, but bearing in mind i get it from Wilkinsons which isnt that far away its cheap n cheerful.
When I get a bit more into it and start looking at doing some more complicated wines I will be using a different yeast, but so far ive not had any issues with it.

[halfastory]

Cool....thanks for the quick reply. I'll rack it off tonight and see how we get on. I'm stuck with a Wilkinsons as well for supplies. Should make the effort to go to the homebrew shop in Blackwood as the owner is happy to chat and give advice.

[halfastory]

Wow...it's cleared really quickly! Normally the wine number 1 clears as a whole but this time the sediment has dropped from the top to the bottom in just a few days. Pretty cool to watch it slide down the demijohn. Must be the bentonite in the yeast. Still not convinced i'm a fan of the Youngs Super Yeast but I guess the proof will be in the tasting.