i use exclusively viking malt since i live here in finland. i think the malts are good and with base malt i dont think you cant go wrong. some of the microbrewers out here have taste preferences to weyermann for specialy malts and the local homebrew shop guy said that there tend to be a bit more...
So I dropped 8 liter of wort on top of 200g coconut in secondary fur a week. I think next time it could have more coconut, but then I had the last one a week's ago and the aroma and taste were stronger than ever before and balanced.
Just thought iw would throw up a shout out, know there are some other brewers here in Finland using this forum. I am a US trnsplant brewing all grain on BIAB for a few years
i split a batch of cider last year between s04 and a wine yeast. the s04 came out more pub tasting. the wine yeast fermented dry and more like a wine-duh.:D
+1 to what noggins said. if youäve never done a cider before, why go all crazy?
at least i could answer your yeast question. i myself used s04 last year on a tradiontal, simple cider and it tasted great and had character.
i cold crashed in a cellar at about 10C, after one week it looked...
ok ok. but what about pitching old yeast without a starter. example: i buy the discounted yeast from my supplier because it is a month over date and pitch straight into my wort. what then??
i done this a few times and the beer came out ok. in fact, i just hurled a a vial almost a year overdate...
hey, i managed to get my hands on 2 centennial rhizosomes that are growing beautifully here in Uusimaa. if they survive the winter and you want some clippings PM me in the spring
dude! you really had to take it there?! that is not the point of this thread. would you also like to point out all of the insignificant medals in obscure sports finnish atheletes have?...(sigh) exhausting