Get Er Brewed stocks brewing yeasts for all kinds of uses, from making beer and cider, to fermenting fruit to make wine.
Our yeast products are fresh and QC checked by us, so you can be sure that you are receiving the highest quality yeast available in the UK and Ireland. Take a look at our expansive range.
The Get Er Brewed selection of yeasts includes lager and ale yeast in liquid and dried yeast form, various yeasts for making cider and mead, professional wine yeasts for home winemaking, and specific yeasts for home distilling too.
Get Er Brewed and Lallemand
Get Er Brewed is the sole distributor for Lallemand in Ireland. We supply the entire catalogue of Lallemand yeasts and yeast nutrition products, backed up with full technical support from ourselves and from Lallemand if needed.
We are proud to work directly with Lallemand as one of their trusted European distributors. Lallemand have been producing yeast in their labs since 1923, reproducing managing, and optimising natural fermentation processes. Their yeasts are unmatched for reliability, consistency and purity, and we highly recommend them to all brewers, from homebrewers to large concerns.
Get Er Brewed and AEB Brewing
AEB Brewing yeasts are a trusted supplier of Get Er Brewed, supplying a wide variety of yeast products for all manner of brewing capabilities.
Get Er Brewed is AEB Brewing’s UK and Ireland distributor. This means we have immediate access to AEB Brewing’s catalogue and vast library of research, and we can work with them to provide any specialised products you need, when you need them.
Home Brewing and Microbrewing Yeast
We are the major distributor for yeast in Ireland, and we are proud to supply the vast majority of breweries in the country.
All of our yeasts and yeast products are available in variable package sizes, so you can buy exactly what you need for your brewery.
Liquid Yeast
Liquid or wet yeast comes in homebrew-size packs from top quality labs Wyeast and White Labs. We recognise the importance of receiving fresh and viable yeast, so we express ship our liquid yeasts from America every month. When they arrive with us, we then cold-store them at our warehouse and ship every liquid yeast with a complimentary ice pack, so it arrives in optimum condition.
How to choose the correct Brewing Yeast?
Lager Yeast (Bottom-Fermenting Yeast): The obvious choice is lager yeast if you want to brew a lager. Temperature is critical for successfully brewing a lager. Lager yeast usually brews at around 7 to 15°C, and you do not want to take this any higher—it will cause faults. This yeast will also take longer to finish fermenting. These are things to consider when using this type of yeast, as you will need a good, consistent temperature control and space to keep your lager resting in your fermenter for a few weeks.
If you can't ferment at the lower lager temperature ranges, you may consider using a lager yeast that ferments at ale temperatures—try the Californian Lager Yeast from Mangrove Jacks. It ferments at higher temperatures than most lager yeasts without the same level of faults ocurring. You can also try any Kveik Yeast, which is technically an ale yeast, however, we have seen impressive results when used in lagers. It will give a clean finish and can ferment at very high temperatures.
Ale Yeast (Top-Fermenting Yeast): Ale yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) ferments at higher temperatures than Lager yeast, between 10 to 25°C. This is reasonably practical for home brewers. The ideal temperature is around 18 to 22°C, which is relatively easy for most to maintain without too much trouble. There are a few ale strains that produce fruity esters while fermenting, while others have a very clean profile with very few flavours added. Flocculation and alcohol tolerance varies from low to high, so an ale strain will likely work fine in your beer, no matter the beer style you're brewing.
What’s the best yeast fermentation temperature?
All yeasts have their recommended fermentation temperature ranges printed on their packets for your reference. The key to successful fermentation is to ensure that whatever temperature you use, it remains constant. Yeast doesn't respond well to fluctuations in fermentation temperatures, and it can be easily shocked or even killed off by a sudden drop or increase in temperature.
You can create some exciting results by using yeasts in unorthodox ways, so by all means experiment if that’s your thing, but usually, it's best to keep to the recommended temperature ranges if you want a consistent and reliable brew.
Some yeasts respond differently at different temperature ranges, for example, a wheat beer yeast fermented at 17 degrees will produce banana flavours, yet the same yeast fermented at 24 degrees will produce clove flavours. Our recommendation is to aim for the recommended fermentation ranges and keep a focus on maintaining that temperature.
What types of Brewing Yeast are there?
You really are spoilt for choice for both types of yeasts and how reliable and consistent each type is these days. We have a massive range of ale yeasts and lager yeasts at Get Er Brewed, plus some speciality strains that allow you to brew a range of speciality beers, for example: Saisons, Belgian Ales, and Wheat Beers.
There are options for all beer styles available, from traditional English ale yeasts to Belgian Trappist strains.
If you need help selecting the correct yeast strain, don't hesitate to get in touch.
