Hey, all. I discovered recently that I have a garage that keeps at 50 deg F, and a shed that keeps at 30 deg F in this season. Finally an excuse to brew some lagers! I've never tried before.
I went to the LHBS to get ingredients for a Vienna lager and a Czech pilsner. I was planning on getting WLP830 - German lager yeast - to ferment both of them, as it seemed like a pretty versatile strain. They were out of the strain, however, and so I got WLP833 - German Bock. It's from Ayinger. It had a similar attenuation to 830, and also seemed, from the description, to be pretty versatile.
Should I use this strain for the Vienna and the Pils? I'm going for a fairly light, but nicely malty, Vienna, and a Pils similar to something like Pilsner Urquell. I'm going to brew the Vienna first, though, so if I have to pick up another strain at some point for the pils that wouldn't be a disaster.
I'd love to hear from anyone with more lager experience, especially if you've used this strain before.
I went to the LHBS to get ingredients for a Vienna lager and a Czech pilsner. I was planning on getting WLP830 - German lager yeast - to ferment both of them, as it seemed like a pretty versatile strain. They were out of the strain, however, and so I got WLP833 - German Bock. It's from Ayinger. It had a similar attenuation to 830, and also seemed, from the description, to be pretty versatile.
Should I use this strain for the Vienna and the Pils? I'm going for a fairly light, but nicely malty, Vienna, and a Pils similar to something like Pilsner Urquell. I'm going to brew the Vienna first, though, so if I have to pick up another strain at some point for the pils that wouldn't be a disaster.
I'd love to hear from anyone with more lager experience, especially if you've used this strain before.