Need a good yeast substitution suggestion

Woodybass · Sep 4, 2012

Hello,

I'm getting ready to brew a big beer that should be around 10%. The recipe calls for Safale S-04. Can any one suggest a White Labs strain that would be comparable?

Thanks
Mike

AmandaK · Sep 4, 2012

WLP002 and a HUGE starter.

Woodybass · Sep 4, 2012

Thanks allot that's what I was thinking. Think I'll go with a 2L starter :mug:

ArcaneXor · Sep 4, 2012

Woodybass said:
Thanks allot that's what I was thinking. Think I'll go with a 2L starter

I'd suggest going larger... check

http://www.yeastcalc.com/index.html

http://www.mrmalty.com/calc/calc.html

silvery37 · Sep 4, 2012

White labs San Diego super yeast might be a good choice.

Woodybass · Sep 4, 2012

Great tools thanks for the links

BradleyBrew · Sep 4, 2012

use S-04, great yeast never let me down and its 1/2 the price (sorry I understand that is not your question).

EBucky · Sep 4, 2012

I just brewed up a pumpkin ale using WLP041 (Pacific Ale Yeast). It supposed to leave behind a lot of maltyness. 10% is pretty big; typically big beers are malty and have a full body. You certainly can't go wrong with WLP002, or possibly WLP051.

sagnew440 · Sep 4, 2012

wlp007 dry english. Its got the flavor and can handle the big og.

Sulli · Sep 5, 2012

+1 to WLP007.

Has the same flavor profile as WLP002, but with the attenuation range of S-04.

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