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down to 89 remaining come on people let's get this going again!!!

You are correct - I contacted White Labs & they said they don't allow Foreign Country pre-orders

White Labs has great customer service. Why don't you ask White Labs about shipping to Canada?

WLP616 Funky Cider Yeast Blend is 99 orders away from shipping - does anyone want to go in on this? - Here is the link to White Labs Yeast Vault to order

yes...Most times I make a yeast starter to help create more yeast cells, but I usually only use one package - I heard that with Imperial Yeast, you don't even need to make a starter - might want to give them a try - I will on my next brew in a couple of weeks

I am curious if you could use just either Imperial Yeast Belgian Ales B45 Gnome or it's B51 Workhorse strains. I think that might help you achieve your goal.

The other night I just bottled my Strawberry Cider. Already had 3 bottles do a volcano :eek: - I am thinking of washing the yeast from this batch of cider & use it in an Apple cider batch very shortly. Probably in the middle of Sept.

I know this will sound a bit crazy, but I have used Jolly Ranchers in my previous batches of cider. 2 pieces per gallon. not sure if that cause a good fermentation, but I like to believe it did :P

what about using a yeast nutrient like Fermaid K at the beginning of the fermentation?

keep up w/ the updates & provide details of what you are finding. BTW, I have harvest yeast from my backyard. Now I am trying to see if I can ferment juice & make a nice wine. Not sure if the yeast from my backyard is an alcohol producing yeast. We shall see shortly.

sorry for the late reply, but I had a lot success using White Labs WLP775 English Cider yeast. That yeast is hard working & my ciders are fruity. Also my ciders are a lot clearer as well. I have used Red Star Montrachet wine yeast. That cider was like a dry white wine.

Prost my fellow homebrewers - I have been on this site for about a month, but I failed in not providing an introduction - I have been homebrewing for about 10 years & my best is making cider & bock biers, but I can make a good California Common & a Red Ale - I would like to raise a glass to...