wlp007 substitute - i have s05 and windsor

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jturkish

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making this brown ale from surly and it's recommend to use wlp007, northernbrewer also got surlys blessing to allow using wyeast 1335 british ale II

http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/...surly-bender-pro-series-partial-mash-kit.html

i only have windsor and s-05, which of the two would you recommened?

i bought the windsor last night as a substitute but now i'm questioning my decision, should i see if i can exchange it for something else, maybe s-04?
 
Interesting question. WLP007 will give English character and is a high attenuating yeast. S-05 is also high attenuating, but will not give English character. Windsor has lots of English character, but is medium to low attenuation. Hmmm. I use Windsor sometimes in a sweet stout and in an English pale ale with honey and like it alot. For what its worth.
 
If you can exchange it for S-04, I'd go that route for this recipe.
 
I would go with 05....but if you want to get crazy why not mix the yeasts together in some percentage? Maybe 80% 05 and 20% Windsor....
 
I think Bamsdealer has the right idea. The Windsor will give you that English character,and the -05 will clean up any of the residual sugars to bring it down to where the WLP would have brought it.
 
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