All Grain - Chimay Red Clone

Denny said:

No, Chimay uses the same yeast for fermentation and bottling. Stan makes the point in BLAM that they have so much of the fermentation strain around that it makes no sense to keep another yeast for bottling. I have cultured Chimay yeast several tines and used it with excellent results.

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I guess I'll have to try it then. Do you happen ti know if they use te same yeast in all their brews?

Obliviousbrew said:

I guess I'll have to try it then. Do you happen ti know if they use te same yeast in all their brews?

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Yes, they do. You'll have the best luck getting it from the Premiere, since it's the lowest gravity.

Denny said:

Yes, they do. You'll have the best luck getting it from the Premiere, since it's the lowest gravity.

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that was I was thinking thsnk you ver much!

I'd heard that Chimay uses the same yeast for primary and bottle conditioning...but I heard Delerium uses a different strain for BC. No luck on the culture though, so I did a ten gallon batch and split the batch....one with White labs abbey and one with white labs trappist ale. Will post results from tasting side by side but I'd still like to get a hold of a good Chimay culture, will try from Permiere (tripel) next time. Anyone know where WL got the Abbey ale yeast started from?

WLP530 Abbey Ale is from Westmalle, here's a chart that lists the most likely sources for yeast strains and gives a comparison between labs.
http://www.mrmalty.com/white-labs.php