Coopers ale yeast for a American wheat?

Has anyone tried it? I have some extra coopers dry ale yeast and would like to save a little money. The discription says "woody, fruity esters at higher temps" I normaly use saf-05. fruity is fine but the woody kind of scares me. Any thoughts? what temp should I ferment?

Be warned, if these are the packs from the top of the kits, they are only 7g typically. You may need 11g+ to ferment a 5-gallon batch.

Thanks, I got them from NB for back ups, but I will have to check when I get home, all though I do have 2 of them.

Woodsy is OK in a Weisen. I use SAFBREW-WB 06 for my hefeweisen. I have not used Coopers in many many years so can't really comment. I have asked about the Coopers in the past and decided to stay away. You can see the threads. I would also consider SAF 04 over 05 if I was not using the wheat brew yeast. All considered my feeling is that for both the Belgians and the Wheats the yeast is so important to the final taste that I don't varry. Is your batch worth $3 or $4 you will save?

My thoughts: Don't do it, period.

If by "woody" they mean "sun-baked garden hose", and by "fruity" they mean "partially decomposed apricots with a touch of raven feces", then I would say that descriptor is spot on!

Haters gonna hate, but that yeast has only been good for me once out of 5 tries. Not going there again.

jjones17 said:

My thoughts: Don't do it, period.

If by "woody" they mean "sun-baked garden hose", and by "fruity" they mean "partially decomposed apricots with a touch of raven feces", then I would say that descriptor is spot on!

Haters gonna hate, but that yeast has only been good for me once out of 5 tries. Not going there again.

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I agree w jones. Nothing against coopers kits! I just would never use there yeast again!!

Being from Aussie, I thought I would weigh in on this discussion. Many kit brewers here use and started using that little 7g packet to make kit and kilo beers.

I've personally never had any problems and have never seen anyone complain about it on aussiehomebrewer.com. What's probably happening is that during transport the yeast has been nuked by less than optimal temps during transport.

You can buy it here from craft brewer, and it says nothing about being woody. I've also never noticed any woody flavour using it in ales or lagers.

Cheers,

Clint

jjones17 said:

My thoughts: Don't do it, period.

If by "woody" they mean "sun-baked garden hose", and by "fruity" they mean "partially decomposed apricots with a touch of raven feces", then I would say that descriptor is spot on!

Haters gonna hate, but that yeast has only been good for me once out of 5 tries. Not going there again.

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Ha.That would make a very good description for selling their yeast.Probably would be like drinking a beer in the great outdoors--next to a composter after a few weeks.

I used it for an apricot wheat a few years back. The beer turned out great. I say go for it if you've got a packet hanging around. A wheat yeast strain will give you better results, but coopers will get the job done.