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Dry Beer Yeast

Have you heard the news? Dry beer yeast is catching up! Nowadays, it is a perfectly viable alternative to liquid beer yeast for folks brewing their own beer at home. MoreBeer! has a selection of more than 50 dry yeast strains that can more than hold their own against liquid beer yeast. Dry brewers yeast quality has improved exponentially in the last decade or so. See for yourself with items like Dry Yeast Belle Saison, a quick starter ale yeast of Belgian origin selected for its ability to produce great Saison-style beer; Dry Yeast Munich Wheat Beer, a non-flocculent strain; Nottingham Ale, a highly flocculent yeast with full attenuation for drier beers with a neutral flavor profile. Nottingham Ale Dry Yeast is used by many commercial microbreweries; or Saflager S-23 dry yeast, a lager bottom-fermenting yeast used by Western European commercial breweries. 

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  • CellarScience - Reaper - PLACEHOLDER CellarScience - Reaper - PLACEHOLDER

    CellarScience® REAPER | High-Gravity Yeast for 20% Alcohol Ferments

    Reaper is the best yeast for ultra-clean, fast sugar base ferments up to 20% ABV. Create a neutral craft-cocktail base, or dilute to 5% for seltzer, tripling yield. Also well suited for distillation. Pair with Slayer 800 yeast nutrient for the fastest, cleanest fermentation possible Ferment between 75-95°F Reaper the Harvest Strain Picked for one job: pull clean alcohol out of high-gravity sugar washes fast and finish without dragging a bunch of extra fermentation personality along for the ride. This is a Very High Gravity yeast built for high-alcohol scenarios up to ~20% ABV, with aggressive kinetics that keep moving when typical strains start to slow, stress, and produce off-flavors. Reaper is also comfortable running warm, and it’s right at home in real-world distilling temperatures. 75–95°F is a sweet spot for speed and cleanliness. And yes, it’s called Reaper for a reason. When the wash is heavy and the clock is ticking, it shows up to collect the yield, finish the job clean, and leave as little behind as possible. VHG Yeast (Distillation + Clean Base Ferments) Perfect for high-gravity seltzers Cocktails & distilling washes Pairs with Slayer 800 Nutrient For fermentations up to 20% ABV Clean base flexibility: Ferment ultra-clean, especially with Slayer 800, for a neutral cocktail-ready base, or ferment strong and dilute back to hard seltzer strength for a crisp, clean canvas for flavoring. High alcohol without drama: Designed for high-gravity ferments where you want to push hard and still land clean. Fast sugar-wash kinetics: Reaper ferments sugar washes aggressively and finishes strong, especially when properly fed. Neutral, exceptionally clean profile: Less unwanted fermentation character means a cleaner base and an easier day on the back end. Wide temperature range: Flexible across a broad range, but genuinely thrives in the 75–85°F zone. Like all CellarScience yeast, Reaper is PCR-verified for purity and consistency. The Cleanest Reaper is Reaper + Slayer 800 Sugar washes are nutrient-poor by nature, and that’s where many clean-ferment plans fall apart. Pair Reaper with CellarScience Slayer 800 to give the yeast the nutrition it needs to stay healthy under high-gravity and high-alcohol conditions. The combination helps Reaper ferment fast and steadily while keeping unwanted fermentation byproducts in check. A Clean Base You Can Actually Use. Reaper Isn’t Only for the Still. When paired with Slayer 800, Reaper can produce a clean, neutral base for cocktail-style builds, creating a crisp blank canvas that works well with citrus, botanicals, and flavor systems without bringing unwanted yeasty or funky character. For seltzer, Reaper is equally at home in high-gravity sugar ferments. Ferment clean, dilute down to your target hard seltzer strength, carbonate, and flavor. The same high-gravity capability that makes Reaper useful for distillation makes it possible to produce a clean base efficiently and take it in several different directions. Dosage: One 15-gram sachet treats approximately 5 gallons of wash. For larger volumes, use at a rate of 3 grams per gallon, rounding up to the next full sachet. For professional brewers, use at a rate of 90-130 grams per barrel, depending on wash temperature and gravity. Optimum Fermentation Temp: 75-85°F Flocculation: Medium to High Alcohol Tolerance: 20% ABV Attenuation: 78-93%  

    $4.99 - $69.99

  • Angel Yeast - Dry Yeast - W008 - 500 g

    Angel Yeast | W008 Wheat Ale Yeast | 500 g

    Premium wheat beer yeast tailored for German and Belgian styles Delivers a harmonious blend of fruity esters and classic clove phenols, alongside a clean, well-defined appearance Recommended for Hefeweizen, Weissbier, Belgian Wheat Ale, Dunkelweizen, Witbier, Wheat-Style Blonde or Amber Ale Ferment between 59-77°F Angel Yeast W008 is a premium wheat beer yeast tailored for German and Belgian styles. It delivers a harmonious blend of fruity esters and classic clove phenols, alongside a clean, well-defined appearance. With medium flocculation and high attenuation, W008 ferments reliably across a broad temperature range, offering sophisticate wheat beers with subtle clarity. POF-positive and diastatic, it provides robust fermentation and consistent flavor development. Fruity ester profile with classic clove phenols Medium flocculation for balanced clarity High attenuation (~80–90%) for smooth mouthfeel Ferments across wide range: 59–77 °F (15–25 °C) POF-positive and diastatic Alcohol tolerance up to 10% ABV Fermentation Range: 59–77°F (15–25°C) Usage Rate: 0.5–1.0 g/L (50–100 g/hL); increase to 2.0–3.0 g/L (200–300 g/hL) for high-gravity or specialty beers Rehydration Instructions: Rehydrate in 5–10× its weight of clean water or diluted wort at 72–86 °F (22–30 °C) for 10–20 minutes. Adjust to pitching temperature and pitch within 30 minutes for optimal yeast health. Applications: Hefeweizen • Weissbier • Belgian Wheat Ale • Dunkelweizen • Witbier • Wheat-Style Blonde or Amber Ale  

    $53.99

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Frequently Asked Questions

Dry Beer Yeast Collection Article +

Aeration / Oxygenating Dry Yeast You might have heard this statement before, "There is no need to aerate/oxygenate with dry yeast.". But, in almost all brewing books & articles you also find phrases like this, "Yeast needs oxygen to reproduce". For many homebrewers these contradictory statements left us a little confused and erroring on the side of caution i.e. aerating our wort even when using dry yeast. The good news is, you won't ruin your beer or cause it stale prematurely by doing so. In a 2007 paper called "The influence of wort aeration and yeast preoxygenation on beer staling processes" scientists proved that wort oxygenation does not appear to be an important parameter for determining flavour stability. Bottom line you don't need to aerate your wort when using dry yeast, but it also won't hurt. But if you're like us you still probably want to know a little More! about why you don't need to oxygenate wort when using dry yeast. The main difference between dry and liquid yeast other than their physical properties is the way they are propagated and harvested. Dry yeast is propagated in Aerobic conditions meaning full of oxygen. This leads to higher sterol and nutrient levels within the yeasts cell walls. Thus dry yeast already have the oxygen and nutrients needed to bud built into them. This leads to less lag time and you guessed it, you don't need to aerate the wort to help with yeast reproduction. However if you plan to reuse the dry yeast you will have to aerate your wort on subsequent batches as that harvested yeast will have gone through an anaerobic fermentation and no longer have the high sterol and nutrient levels within their cell walls.

What happens if I add dry yeast directly to the beer? +

Only 50% of the yeast cells will survive the rehydration process if added directly to wort. Your beer will still ferment but there is a much higher chance for a stuck fermentation, high residulat gravity, and the flavors produced by the stressed yeast will not be as good. We recommend you follow the reyhdrations instructions on the yeast packet.

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