RukusDM

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I currently have a Coopers Real Ale kegged, and a Coopers Lager fermenting. I also have a Coopers Draught kit that I'll be starting probably this holiday weekend.

My question is, do you see any downsides to using a Safale S-04 or a Safale S05 for my Coopers Draught batch instead of the coopers yeast?

I have a Cider going with S-04 and another going with S-05 and a Cyser going with Muntons Brewers yeast.

I was thinking of washing the yeast cakes when I rack them, and after that I could create a starter. My experience with S-04 is it really cleans up after it self pretty good. Of all of the current yeasts I've tried, that one has cleared the fastest for me.

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david_42

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If the kit has standard (not Gold) Cooper's yeast, the other yeasts you mention will give you a drier finish.

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PT Ray

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All the Coopers original series kits come with their English style ale yeast. I've found it to be a pretty good dry yeast but there just isn't a lot of it to pitch. The other aspect is I tend to have better results with re-pitches of the slurry from dried yeast than from the original dry pitch. It's not ideal to harvest yeast from a cider to ferment beer but if you're going to make a starter I'd roll with it.

BennyN

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I've never used Cooper's yeast, but I've heard it's very good and handles a wide variety of temp ranges. I actually plan on trying some on my next batch.

That being said, I use safeale-05 almost exclusively and absolutely love it. IMHO, it leaves a very clean finish and takes off like a rocket. Very reliable. I've read on this board the 04 is even faster, but I've never tried it.

RukusDM

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Thanks all for your input. I'm not sure at this time if there are any advantages at this time to use S-04 or S-05 or not. I'm not sure they will add anything more than the plain coopers will add.

I was just curious as I will have 3 different washed yeast cakes coming up shortly.

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Primary's:
#1 - 5 Gallons Harp Clone All Grain with Wyeast 2007 Lager (~5.5% ABV)

Secondary's:
#1 - 6 Gallons Dry Irish Stout Partial (~4.0 ABV)
#2 - 6 Gallons Brown Sugar Ale All Grain with Nottingham Yeast (~5.0% to 5.2%)

Kegged:
6 Gallons Honey Ale AG

Next:
6 Gallons Brown Sugar Lager