Warner Bros. Pictures. 6. Hagrid and Dumble are very specifically named: While Petunia and Vernon may have been named off a gut instinct, Rubeus Hagrid and Albus Dumbledore were derived from the words âredâ and âwhite,â two colors often associated with alchemy.
I've had good results with Nottingham and Safale S-04. Any type of neutral ale yeast should work fine. I don't have much experience with wine yeasts. Also, Wyeast 3068 (wheat beer yeast) worked really well for me, but was a very violent fermenter. Use a blow-off tube for that one!
Fresh yeast can be proofed two different ways. First, just like dry yeast, you can add your cake yeast to the water you'll be using in the recipe, along with some sugar. Cake yeast likes water temperatures of 95-100 degrees. It should be bubbling and foamy in about 10 minutes.