On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 01:22:43PM +0200, Jeppe Juul wrote: > Den anden gærtype kaldes Cervisiae. Den anvendes, når man ønsker en > øltype med et lavt alkoholindhold. Cervisiae er en overgær. Den > arbejder bedst ved temperaturer mellem 16 o og 25 o C
Interesting. Note that he does not say that all top-fermenting yeasts are low-alc, but that (at that time??) in Denmark, there were two kinds of yeasts, Calrsbergensis, and "Cervisiae", which was top-fermenting, and low in alcohol tolerance. Now the question is if anyone has this old yeast available any more? Perhaps Carlsbergs library has a sample of it, or WhatsHisName Jørgensesn Laboratory? Somehow I suspect that such yeast has not been in production use for a longer time - pasteurising the bottles to stop fermentation is so much easier for modern industrial breweries. -H -- Heikki Levanto heikki at indexdata dot dk "In Murphy We Turst"
