I can get any of the WYeast Sake #9 yeast that you recommend. Can you use other kinds of yeast to make sake?
This question is actually answered on page 4 of the main guide, but I keep seeing this question pop up on search engine hits coming to this site. So you guys are asking Google the question, and Google is bringing you to me. That’s cool, I like that. The answer is both simple and complex. The simple form is you can use any white wine yeast to make sake. “Brewer’s yeast” such as ale or lager yeasts, however, usually won’t work because of their low alcohol tolerance. There are exceptions because different yeast strains have differing levels of alcohol tolerance, so the best advice I can give you is to read up on the yeast strains information provided by the two main liquid yeast companies: White Labs and WYeast. Here’s the big point I’d like to make: if you have a local homebrew store that you can buy beer and wine yeasts from, then they can get the sake yeast for you. All you have to do is ask them to. And please do try to get some real sake yeast, because a lot of the characteristic sak
