Yeast SAFALE K-97 Ref: YEASSAFK97 Ingredients: Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), rehydrating agent Properties: The most famous ale yeast strain found across America, now available as a ready-to-pitch dry yeast. Produces well balanced beers with low diacetyl and a very clean, crisp end palate. Sedimentation: low to medium. Final gravity: medium. Dosage: 50 g/hl to 80 g/hl. Pitching instructions: Re-hydrate the dry yeast into yeast cream in a stirred vessel prior to pitching. Sprinkle the dry yeast in 10 times its own weight of sterile water or wort at 27C ± 3C. Once the expected weight of dry yeast is reconstituted into cream by this method (this takes about 15 to 30 minutes), maintain a gentle stirring for another 30 minutes. Then pitch the resultant cream into the fermentation vessel. Alternatively, pitch dry yeast directly in the fermentation vessel providing the temperature of the wort is above 20C. Progressively sprinkle the dry yeast into the wort ensuring the yeast covers all the surface of wort available in order to avoid clumps. Leave for 30 minutes and then mix the wort e.g. using aeration. Fermentation temperature: Recommended fermentation temperature: 15C – 24C. Packaging: 20 x 500g vacuum-packed sachets in cardboard box. 1 x 10 kg vacuum-packed sachets in cardboard box. Storage: Refer to best before end date on sachets. 24 months from production date under recommended storage conditions. Shelf life: Refer to best before end date on sachets. 24 months from production date under recommended storage conditions. Typical analysis: % dry weight: 94,5 - 96,5 Viable cells at packaging: > 6 x 109/gramme Total bacteria*: < 5/ml Acetic acid bacteria*:*: < 1/ml Lactobacillus*: < 1/ml Pediococcus*: < 1/ml Wild yeast non Saccharomyces*: < 1/ml Pathogenic micro-organisms: in accordance with regulation *when dry yeast is pitched at 100 g/hl i.e. > 6 x 106 viable cells /ml Important notice: Please note that any change to a fermentation process may alter the final product quality. We therefore advise that fermentation trials are carried out prior to using our yeast commercially.