Lalvin Sparkling Wine Yeast EC-1118 Sachet 5g - Ideal for Making Cider and Champagne Style Wines

This is now my favourite yeast for sake, which is the only homebrew I make. I've tried a few different yeasts, from a specialist sake variety which was too terrifyingly vigorous for my newbie skills to baking yeast (traditional for doburoku) but this one has given me consistent results and a floral / fruity style. The description says the yeast contributes a neutral flavour and aroma, so the floral/fruity element is from the koji characteristics standing out. I think it's ideal for homebrew sake because it does well at low temperatures, and in my limited experience even lower than the manufacturer states. When I started brewing a year ago, I was advised to ferment sake as cold as I could get it to increase the complexity of flavour, so whenever I've had room at the bottom of the fridge and the patience to wait a few more weeks, I've fermented small batches there from start to finish at 5C (not planned, just what the fridge temp happened to be) and they've been by far the best. I didn't originally set out to make clear sake – I wanted a nigori or doburoku type – but this yeast gives me crystal clear sake without any need for filtering just by cold-shocking it in the fridge after it's finished fermenting at room temperature. The sediment drops out very cleanly and there's still plenty of doburoku-type left if I pick the right moment to siphon off the clear layer. The image shows the latest batch in a patterned sake glass (from Amazon Japan) and you can see just how clear it ends up. The sake lives at the bottom of the fridge anyway once bottled because I don't pasteurise it, and it still carries on fermenting slowly for months. Great little yeast – you can't really go wrong with it.

Great, used it to make elderflower champagne

Is giving a very vigorous fermentation in my cider. The link to the instructions did not seem to work.

Worked well for making wine

Bought a single sachet for 5 gallons of Elderflower Champagne (YEP 1 sachet for 25 litres!!) - it fermented steadily and vigorously for around a month. I've tasted at the end of primary fermentation and it has virtually no after taste. Just racked off 25 litres into separate demijohns and one has dropped clear already!! cannot wait to bottle and prime. Early indications of a brilliant brew! Brilliant product - will be stocking up on this one!!!

As it says on the packet!

Can't really comment within the 5 days as the wine is still fermenting

Very good yeast, but can be slow as it eats virtually all the sugar it can for as high an alcohol content as possible. But does have the side effect of maybe being to dry for some, so adding a bit extra sugar to make it a bit sweeter may help I use it for 1 gallon mead and ginger beer, I also use a warming mat and still takes on average 2 weeks or maybe more if I'm making a sweet strong mead and we also have quite a warm kitchen, so if your looking for a quick yeast this isn't for you Can take a day or more to get going, and MUST be rehydrated so follow the instructions on the packet to get the best out of this yeast. Works at very low temperatures and quite high temperatures. 18c to 40c so it should work pretty much with anything Once it gets going it just plods along until all sugar has gone, if you leave it right until the end

Habe es für Cidre verwendet - es hat wunderbar funktioniert.

Ras

You absolutely need this product if you want to make wine or any fermented beverage. I made the best ginger ale with this.

Producto eficaz, salió bien el vino

Les frais de ports sont pas super, et je préfère au final des levures qui ont une tolérence plus faible (14%) plutit que les 18 de la 1118