Nottingham Discontinued? - Nope - All is good!

**DubbelDach** · 08-15-2008, 08:29 PM

Just got off the phone with William's Brewing... I placed an order this week which included Danstar Nottingham dry yeast... A wonderful customer service rep called me because the Nottingham was backordered, but they expect it next week. No problem, wasn't going to brew for a few weeks.

She just called again with the message that Danstar told them that it wasn't being produced "at this time" and "might be indefinitely discontinued"...

Anyone else hear about this?

Pretty popular yeast around here.

**DeathBrewer** · 08-15-2008, 08:36 PM

wtf? how in the hell could they discontinue nottingham??? that would be absolutely retarded.

**BigKahuna** · 08-15-2008, 08:37 PM

SHUT YOUR MOUTH!

Guess I'll be buying the Brew Hut out of Notty....

Anyone going to be culturing it...and selling it Black Market?

**DeathBrewer** · 08-15-2008, 08:38 PM

i don't believe it. they were misinformed.

**DubbelDach** · 08-15-2008, 08:44 PM

I put it in this order because my LHBS has been out for over a month. Plenty of Windsor and Munich, but no Notty.

Displaced MassHole · 08-15-2008, 08:47 PM

Danstar's website doesn't say anything about notty being discontinued.

Freezeblade · 08-15-2008, 08:52 PM

I can see it now, you're walking past your local brewpub and in the alley is this sketchy looking guy with a trench and dark sunglasses. "psst, hey buddy, need some notty?" *opens trenchcoat to reveal slants of yeast covering the inside* "and I got pac-man too, pure as you can get it man"

camiller · 08-15-2008, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DubbelDach

I put it in this order because my LHBS has been out for over a month. Plenty of Windsor and Munich, but no Notty.

Heck my LHBS has notty but hasn't even been able to get Munich yet from any of the three wholesalers they buy from. The store might have to try getting it straight from Danstar.

**Orfy** · 08-15-2008, 08:53 PM

No way!

Not Notty

HOMEBREW Digest #3471 Mon 06 November 2000

Lallemand Danstar London.....
Yes, it is true, London by Danstar is being discontinued. I waited to
post this response, as I needed more info from higher up the Lallemand
'food-chain.'
London is one more of the many yeasts dropped from the production line
in reaction to sales figures pointing to the need to maximize output of the
most popular products. In fact each year, up to ten of the wine yeasts are
dropped ...as their numbers are studied, and plans for each new year's
production runs are planned.
I am told that Production had been requesting the drop of London for 2
years now...yet my boss tried to stave this off. Unfortunately, this year,
the news is bad for London, outsold by it's brethren Nottingham, Windsor,
and Manchester, by a factor of 20 to 1.
But the good news is obviously, if one of the beer yeasts is being
retired...perhaps some new strains might pop into the line-up? Like the long
over-due dry strains advanced to Jethro some 2 years ago...like a
Weihenstephan lager? Lord knows, Jethro is still waiting....
Well, time will tell on this score...but some new things ARE coming to
shake up the beer world....like.....

eschatz · 08-15-2008, 09:20 PM

Wow, i guess it is true. I wonder if Forrest can help us out. Someone needs to culture some of that. I used to brew all my early batches with that stuff! I'm gonna hoist one for old Notty.