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Ferment Whey
Hi all
I have access to pretty much unlimited amounts of low cost cow whey. Does anybody have any experience with fermenting whey? Does and dont's? I'm planning on using it for making neutral...
Any good literature out there?
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Jann
Gardsbrenneriet AS, a small distillery located in Sandane, Norway
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Talk to your yeast suppliers.
Looks like Kluyveromyces marxianus is the way to go.. So as @jacksonbrown mentions, I have to talk to my yeast supplier and see if they can source it..
Gardsbrenneriet AS, a small distillery located in Sandane, Norway
The dairy yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus is of particular interest in this regard because of traits that render it especially suitable for industrial application. These include the fastest growth rate of any eukaryotic microbe, thermotolerance, the capacity to assimilate a wide range of sugars, secretion of lytic enzymes, and the production of ethanol by fermentation. Despite the importance of these traits, and significant exploitation by the biotechnology sector, fundamental research with K. marxianus is just emerging from the shadow of its sister species, Kluyveromyces lactis.
Industrial Culture Collection @ Creative Bioarray
What does it taste like when it's not neutral? Inquiring minds want to know.
Or is neutral the only thing you can really do with it.
Is K. Marxianus commonly available in dry? What about something like K. thermotolerans?
CHR Hanson sells a Kluyvermyces product for wine called Concerto, available in 500g foil packs:
Viniflora CONCERTO Product Information (PDF)
It will ferment - I believe all K. can utilize lactose, no?
The utilization of non-Saccharomyces Yeast for organoleptic properties and Bioprotection (PDF)
For 50 euro or so, it's a pretty cheap trial to run, it would be much easier than propagating your own K. Marxianus from culture.
Looks like white labs sells a servo/kluyver combo - but that probably wouldn't work.
Anyone able to find Kluyveromyces marxianus for sale in the US?
Looks like you can get it here for $354.
For those in Europe:
I got mine here.
It cost 80 euros for a freezed dried pellet.
Gardsbrenneriet AS, a small distillery located in Sandane, Norway
Talk to Al Buck from East Coast Yeast - he might propagate it for you if you can't.
Or try the thermotolerans from white labs. Or try Candida Kefir (psuedotropicalis).
Heard back from Gusamer regarding the CHR Concerto. They said it wouldn't ferment whey/lactose.
I tried contacting Al Buck, but I haven't heard back.