Formerly known as SafCider™, SafCider™ AB-1 the best cider yeast for balanced ciders, combining delicate fresh apple and apple sauce notes.
Usage recommendations:
- For all types of sweet and dry ciders from fresh or concentrated apple juices.
- Delicate aromatic profile combining fresh (apple) and elaborated fruit (applesauce) notes with a balanced
mouthfeel respecting cider structure. Please note that those observations are based on French cider recipe trials. - Suitable for difficult fermentation conditions and mixes with sugar syrups.
Technical characteristics:
- Excellent settlement strength even with its sensitive to killer phenotype • Regular kinetic
- Broad fermentation temperature spectrum: 10-30°C (50-86°F)
- Very low nitrogen requirements: Ratio YAN**(mg/L)/Sugar(g/L) > 0.7
- Very good assimilation of fructose
- Maximum initial SO2 level recommended: 125mg/L
- High malic acid consumption (up to 1.5 g/L)
- Medium 2-phenylethanol and isoamyl acetate producer.
Amylic notes can be enhanced especially when YAN/Sugar >1