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We carry beer and wine making supplies and ingredients. Also mead, cider, soda supplies. We carry wine kits, kegs, yeast, bottles, grains, hops... Everything the homebrewer needs for great beer and wine!

Wine Yeasts Section: Lalvin
All Lalvin yeasts come in 5 gram packages.
We recommend pitching a minumum of 10 grams of dry yeast for a 5 gallon batch of beer or wine.

Lalvin K1V-1116
A good choice for dry whites and reds that will be aged. Can restart stuck fermentations, is a fast fermenter and contains the competitive factor that can kill wild yeasts.
Temp range: 50 - 107° F
Alcohol Tolerance of over 18%
Neutral sensory effect.
item #5417
the price $.75

Lalvin EC-1118
The world's most widely used champagne yeast. Can restart stuck fermentations, is a fast fermenter and contains the competitive factor.
Temp range: 39 - 95° F
Alcohol Tolerance of over 18%
Neutral sensory effect.
item #5415
the price $.75

Lalvin 71B-1122
A perfect choice for wines that will be enjoyed while young. Used extensively throughout the world for nouveaus, blush wines, fruit wines and sweet or semi-sweet wines. The fermentation speed is moderate. It also metabolizes 20-40% of the malic acid, making it a good choice for high acid juices.
Temp range: 60 - 85° F
Alcohol Tolerance to 14%
The sensory effect is estery, so it is great for fruity, aromatic wines.
item #5416
the price $.75

Vierka Mead 7 grams
item #5420
the price $1.95

Kitzinger Mead 5 grams
item #5440
the price $1.95

Prices/Inventory subject to change without notice.

Catalog Index

Mead Supplies

Mead Books

Honey

Natural Fruit
Concentrates:

2 oz.

4 oz.

Oregon Fruit
Products

Wine Yeasts:

    Redstar

    Lalvin

    White Labs