Red Star Wine Yeast for home winemakers

Describes some of the various Red Star wine yeasts available to the home winemaker.

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Cote des Blancs - Lalvin 71-B
Premier Classique - Lalvin: K1V-1116
Premiere Blanc - Lalvin EC-1118
Premiere Rouge - Lalvin KIV-1116
Premiere Cuvee - Lalvin BOURGOVIN RC 212

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[woody]

Great video! Clear, concise and extremely helpful! Thank you!

[avocadoesarenice]

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[jjesusbelloordaz]

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[leahlockettharris]

I typically use premier classique for my dark fruits like blueberry, cherries or dark grapes, I also like it for hibiscus 🌺 tea wine for all else I also prefer premier blanc for very good abv and excellent dryness. Currently fermenting 10 gallons of lemon butterfly pea flower tea wine with the premier blanc for my daughter's baby shower (vividly violet color 💜).

[wanfs]

This is a really good insight in wine making for firs timer

[johnnyrondo]

Thank you good sir! I had no idea which of the red star brands to use. I'm making a batch of cranberry juice wine with the Premier oh..up to 18% ABV? Oh yeah, "Gentlemen, get ready to start your engines"..LOL..Thanks again

[GolfnuttttAJ]

Best info I've found on these different types of Red Star yeasts. Definitely subbing. Great content...

[ray]

I found this very helpful your videos really inspired me to start making my own wine I got the fermentation bug making hard cider I started watching other home brew videos saw your video on strawberry wine it looked so good I bought a fermenter and the rest is history just started a couple gallons of strawberry/black cherry wine.

[endtimesign]

Very interesting commentary on the various yeasts and the results that they produce, thank you.

[AlexJoneses]

thanks for the help, you just saved me a great deal of experimentation and hopefully I'll be getting a good brew in the next few weeks!

[vdoniel]

Hey there thanks for this information. I am making pear wine, nthe only yeast I have is Premier Classique. I guess it will do.

[blakestuart]

Thank you for this video. Very informative. I will be fermenting some cider from juice. I ended buying the cote de blanc. Seems like it should work well. Thank you again

[buddymc]

Good information. I like Red Star, mainly because I've used it for 30 years and know what to expect. Mostly I use the Cote des Blancs and Classique (Montrachet). I do like Lavin D47, 71B for fruit and mead wines, and K1V for higher gravity fruits and full body meads.

[williamcornelison]

Thanks so much.... Just starting. Thinking about using a Cooler to ferment wine with a towel to protect the Juice containers from a heating pad and fermenting at about 90-100 degrees for 30 days. Its still winter...

[citizen]

Best channel I saw, but few visitors 😢

[FrankandBaggioTheCavalier]

Hello from Australia! I love lalvin EC1118 for fruit wine 😁

[DLCShark]

Great video. I have the red star yeast as well and this was the video I needed to see. Now I need to go back and look at my notes to see if I used the them for the right wines.

You mentioned stuck fermentations will we see a video about that in the future?

[cstrong]

Thanks for the awesome vid, looking for a yeast for a strawberry wine, which would give the best results, i would like a faster ferment but not at the expense of the strawberry flavor.

[spuiz]

Finally I found Redstar product with details