I have used several other kveiks for different beers, but chose the Lutra for a mead. It was ready to bottle in two weeks, bottle carbonated at 3 weeks and crystal clear at 8 weeks. Beast mead I've ever made. Will never use anything else for mead.

I have used several other kveiks for different beers, but chose the Lutra for a mead. It was ready to bottle in two weeks, bottle carbonated at 3 weeks and crystal clear at 8 weeks. Beast mead I've ever made. Will never use anything else for mead.

Brewed last night at 6pm. Pitched at 94 degrees. Went to check on it this morning at 9:00 and it looks like fermentation is complete!!! I let it rest on the yeast cake for a week. Do a gravity reading and then let it condition.

Brewed last night at 6pm. Pitched at 94 degrees. Went to check on it this morning at 9:00 and it looks like fermentation is complete!!! I let it rest on the yeast cake for a week. Do a gravity reading and then let it condition.

This is my favorite yeast! I don't have to be a careful with my temp control and produces a very clean and consistent profile.

This is my favorite yeast! I don't have to be a careful with my temp control and produces a very clean and consistent profile.

I've used this yeast largely for pseudo-lagers and hard seltzers and it's a champ. The "lagers" are plausible and the seltzers are clean enough - a note though to get that I've been fermenting at 72f. Finally this stuff is a touch pricier than US05 or 34/70 so it may not fully replace all other clean yeasts as a house strain.

I've used this yeast largely for pseudo-lagers and hard seltzers, and it's a champ. The "lagers" are plausible, and the seltzers are clean enough - a note though, to get that, I've been fermenting at 72f. Finally, this stuff is a touch pricier than US05 or 34/70, so it may not fully replace all other clean yeasts as a house strain.

Clean fermenting yeast that rips through sugar like a hurricane. I never heat it up just leave it out at room temps 72°. I wouldn’t go so far as to suggest it is lager-like. I’ve never picked up even a hint of sulphur or the minerality a lager strain. But it is cleaner than US-05 Chico.

Clean fermenting yeast that rips through sugar like a hurricane. I never heat it up, just leave it out at room temps 72°. I wouldn’t go so far as to suggest it is lager-like. I’ve never picked up even a hint of sulphur or the minerality a lager strain. But it is cleaner than US-05 Chico.

Used it for a 5 gal batch of seltzer with the proper nutrient. Finished out in about 4 days. Has a bit of a white wine character on the nose.

Used it for a 5 gal batch of seltzer with the proper nutrient. Finished out in about 4 days. Has a bit of a white wine character on the nose.

Using several strains of Kveik. Stranda Hornindal. Now Lutra. Lutra a strain of Hornindal family. Might be a little cleaner than the actual Hornindal Kveik. Time will tell. Fast. 2.5 days at 81F.

Using several strains of Kveik. Stranda, Hornindal. Now Lutra. Lutra a strain of Hornindal family. Might be a little cleaner than the actual Hornindal Kveik. Time will tell.Fast. 2.5 days at 81F.

Ferments fast and clean

Ferments fast and clean

Monster fermenter pitch @ 90 with ambient room temp of 78. Airlock was going Crazy 3 hours later and reach F.G. in less than 3 days. Dropped clear in 4 days but I left on the cake for 7 total days. Bottled and primed on day 7 it was fully carbed on day 14 but slightly yeasty tasting but smoothed out after a week in the fridge.

Monster fermenter pitch @ 90 with ambient room temp of 78. Airlock was going Crazy 3 hours later and reach F.G. in less than 3 days. Dropped clear in 4 days but I left on the cake for 7 total days. Bottled and primed on day 7 it was fully carbed on day 14 but slightly yeasty tasting but smoothed out after a week in the fridge.

Used this with a Munich Helles. The beer is still improving. The Lutra yeast was working before I finished cleaning my equipment.

Used this with a Munich Helles. The beer is still improving. The Lutra yeast was working before I finished cleaning my equipment.

This yeast is great I just wish my local homebrew store had it so I didn't have to ship it. Love this yeast and plan on harvesting it as many times as I can. This yeast ferments crazy fast and attenuates hard so if you're trying to make a dry crisp ipa or pseudo lager and you want it to be Grain to glass in under a week this is the one to go for. Get it really hot (35-40 degrees celcius) in order to maximize its potential.

This yeast is great I just wish my local homebrew store had it so I didn't have to ship it. Love this yeast and plan on harvesting it as many times as I can. This yeast ferments crazy fast and attenuates hard so if you're trying to make a dry crisp ipa or pseudo lager and you want it to be Grain to glass in under a week, this is the one to go for.Get it really hot (35-40 degrees celcius) in order to maximize its potential.

It works just as good as the liquid version without needing overnight shipping. A++

It works just as good as the liquid version, without needing overnight shipping. A++

Direct pitched with no starter for hard seltzer. Fermented just the same as the liquid form of this yeast and didn't need to purchase an ice pack for shipping.

Direct pitched with no starter for hard seltzer. Fermented just the same as the liquid form of this yeast and didn't need to purchase an ice pack for shipping.

Grade A yeast in a dry form. I will buy this yeast again.

Grade A yeast in a dry form. I will buy this yeast again.

This yeast is everything the manufacturer said it would be fermented clean and fast. Fermented at 95f fermentation was complete by day 3. Maybe just a small hint of some fruit but its a real stretch used it for a blonde ale and it was in the keg by day 5 fermented 1.057 to 1.010 in 3 days probably less thats just when I pulled a sample kept at 95f for entire fermentation. Had over a year on the use by date I know that it is a factor for some.

This yeast is everything the manufacturer said it would be fermented clean and fast. Fermented at 95f fermentation was complete by day 3. Maybe just a small hint of some fruit but its a real stretch used it for a blonde ale and it was in the keg by day 5 fermented 1.057 to 1.010 in 3 days probably less thats just when I pulled a sample kept at 95f for entire fermentation. Had over a year on the use by date I know that it is a factor for some.