You can’t spell Diatomaceous Earth (And Neither Can We)

Using DE to filter water

You can’t spell Diatomaceous Earth (And Neither Can We) “Just use DE”. That phrase (which you’ve likely heard so many times and probably nodded your head along all the while thinking “I should really know what this is, but I haven’t had time to do the research”), is all too common and more meaningful that […]

Rehydrating Yeast (hydrated yeast = happy yeast)

rehydrate your wine yeast

Why do you have to rehydrate yeast? Why follow all of the meticulous steps to rehydrate yeast? After all, you could just chuck it into solution and it would work. But that’s not the ideal situation. When you make yeast, you grow it in solution “in vivo” and it’s fermenting. Then in order to package […]

The History of Yeast (part 2)

Part 2- History of Yeast

This is part 2 of our History of Yeast series! Read part 1 here.  Initially, all that was done with these scientific advances was to duplicate the existing practice in winemaking and brewing. Large winery and brewery operations isolated their own strains, cleaned up any spoilage organisms, and then grew their desired historically derived selection to […]

The History of Yeast (part 1)

The History of Yeast

In the introductory blog in the Wine Series, we took a look at why it is important to rehydrate yeast properly. In the future, we will talk about and compare and contrast specific strains of yeast. But before we get into what the differences are between specific yeasts, we should take a look at how the yeasts […]

Mauriferm Fermentation Aids

Mauriferm Fermentation Aids

Our range of Mauriferm products can be added throughout the fermentation process to minimize the possibility of problematic fermentation. Each product in the mauriferm™ range has been designed and formulated to ensure the yeast is able to complete fermentation.

Glycerine

Glycerin

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