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Fermentis | SafLager™ S-189 Lager | Dry Beer Yeast

Fermentis | SafLager™ S-189 Lager | Dry Beer Yeast

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Description
  • S-189 is a great strain for brewing elegant lagers with floral notes
  • Originating from the Hürlimann brewery in Switzerland, this lager yeast's profile produces fairly neutral flavor beers with high drinkability
  • Fermentis active dry yeast offers reliability, ease-of-use, and consistency to home and professional beverage makers across the world

Fermentis Saflager S-189 is an ideal lager strain for many lager and pilsner beers. It can ferment well within the temperature range of 54-64° F, but is ideally fermented between the tighter range of 54-59° F. Highly flocculant, this yeast falls out of suspension easy resulting in brilliantly clear beer. A great choice as a very tolerant strain that makes great lagers.

This yeast can be pitched directly, but if you prefer to rehydrate, the instructions are below.

Sprinkle the yeast in a minimum of 10 times its weight of sterile water or wort (we suggest 4 oz) at 70°F to 77°F (21 to 25 °C). Do not stir. Leave to rest 15 to 30 minutes. Gently stir for 30 minutes, and pitch the resultant cream into the fermentation vessel.

  • Attenuation: 80-84%
  • Sedimentation Time: Fast
  • Alcohol Tolerance: 9-11% ABV
  • Optimum Fermentation Temp: 54-64°F
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Quality item
Patrick S on May 25, 2022
i need it
Brent B. on Dec 15, 2021
Quality item
Patrick S on May 25, 2022
description sounded like what I was looking for
Jon F on Apr 11, 2022
i need it
Brent B. on Dec 15, 2021
Gonna try it in a Munich Helles
Andrew H on Nov 19, 2021
making lager
William M on Aug 20, 2021
Big Bird is my favorite. He's yellow, so this must be good.
Richard Z on Jun 8, 2021
More temperature range
Robert P on Mar 4, 2021
Recipe calls for it
Jason P on Dec 29, 2020
was the recommended yeast
Matt T on Dec 2, 2020
Always an enjoyable finish,.
Mike Z on Nov 12, 2020
To replace yeast from old kits
Victor B on Nov 3, 2020
Making a Czech pilsner
Erick C on Oct 2, 2020
Try something new
Patrick O on Sep 29, 2020
Need extra yeast for upcoming Oktoberfest brew
Stephen M. J on Jul 23, 2020
Thought I would try a dry lager yeast.
John P on May 2, 2020
Have had good luck with this dry lager yeast, comparing to W-34/70
Curtis A on Apr 15, 2020
Would like to see how well it performs
tony T on Mar 27, 2020
Easy. No need to hydrate. Use dry is fine. Great euro lager/pilsner finish. Surprised how good the taste with a dry yeast.
Mike Z on Mar 25, 2020
Excellent fermentation
Cesar on Mar 23, 2020
Plan B
Douglas M on Dec 31, 2019
Plain flavorless
Cesar on Dec 28, 2019
Fermented Completely and Clean
ANTONIO C on Dec 14, 2019
haveb't tried dry lager yeast yet
Cliff H on Dec 10, 2019
to make beer
Joseph F D on Jun 5, 2019
For my Helles... I use dry yeasts almost exclusively
Michael B on Jun 4, 2019
Goes with the beer
Jeffery S. R on Apr 9, 2019
Brewing a pilsner
Tom K on Feb 18, 2019
brewing light hoppy american lager
Bryan F on Dec 24, 2018
Works, different
Valued C on Sep 24, 2018
It's summer!
Rob G on Jul 17, 2018
lager yeast works at warmer temps
Matthew C on Apr 27, 2018
Try something new. Want to see how it compares to the 70/34 dry yeast
Normand L on Apr 24, 2018
description sounded like what I was looking for
Jon F on Apr 11, 2022
Gonna try it in a Munich Helles
Andrew H on Nov 19, 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5
Good yeast
Nice clean flavors and it kicked off hard.
March 18, 2022
Purchased
 over 3 years ago
Rated 5 out of 5
Excellent yeast
Excellent lager yeast. I've always had great results using it
January 12, 2022
Purchased
 over 6 years ago
Rated 5 out of 5
Safalager S-189 Fired right up
First time using Safalger s-189.Pitrched a little warm at 20 deg C. but decreased temp over a couple days to 15. Started bubbling w/in 12 hrs.. Few more weeks of lagering this Pilsner then to the keg an bottle. Will see how it clears up
October 26, 2020
Purchased
 over 4 years ago
Rated 5 out of 5
Best Lager Yeast
Use for American and European lagers and have not been disappointed
February 11, 2020
Purchased
 over 5 years ago
Rated 5 out of 5
Good dry lager yeast
This makes nice clean lagers when fermented at recommended temperature.

Follow instructions, direct pitch, no need for starter.
August 24, 2019
Purchased
 over 6 years ago
Rated 5 out of 5
S-189
My go to dry lager yeast for many German beer styles. Starts fast and ferments fully.
October 18, 2018
Purchased
 over 6 years ago
 
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