Scottish Ale

I am going to be brewing up a Scottish Ale this weekend, but the liquid yeast pack I have might not be good (as it has been in the fridge about 6 months.) What dry yeast should I replace it with? I have Coopers Ale, Muttons Ale, Safale-56 and Nottingham ale yeasts. Thoughts?!?

Make a starter ASAP and see if it's viable.

I plan on doing that tonight...but just in case I had to ask about a dry yeast alternative.

I've used Nottingham on my first three batches and it seems to work well in a variety of ales. Can't say anything negative about it, but I don't know much about the other ones you mentioned.

Muttons - it should attenuate a little less than the others & leave the ale with more body and slightly sweeter.

Congrats on your 5000th post!

As for the yeast, I hadn't thought about attenuation, but that's interesting, since I know Nottingham is pretty high attenuating. I think next time I make a porter, I'll try a different yeast.

Torchiest said:

Congrats on your 5000th post!

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the_bird said:

He *thinks* I'm not going to catch him....

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You won't. We'll ban your IP before it happens. :rockin:

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Torchiest said:

I've used Nottingham on my first three batches and it seems to work well in a variety of ales. Can't say anything negative about it, but I don't know much about the other ones you mentioned.

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I've said it before . . . .

Nottingham=Best.Yeast.Evar

sonvolt said:

I've said it before . . . .

Nottingham=Best.Yeast.Evar

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Shame it's such a crap City!

Safale S-04 is my favorite dried yeast.