I just received an order from Austin Homebrew of a Fat Tire clone and a Raspberry Wheat. It was supposed to come with Danstar Nottingham dry yeast, but both were shipped with Cooper's dry yeast.
I called them to ask about it and talked to two people who both gave me attitude and said they were out, so apparently they took the liberty of substituting. When I asked if it would produce very similar results, all I got was that it will produce a "drinkable" beer. When I asked further whether that was the closest dry yeast to Nottingham, I got more attitude about there being only a "handful" of dry yeast strains. Apparently I'm a noob for not using liquid. Seeing as they carry 12 different dry ale yeasts, I hope they didn't just grab one out of the nearest bin to them when they were packaging me up.
Good thing I have this site to get my questions answered and don't have to rely on AHS:
Is this Cooper's stuff gonna get the job done as well as Nottingham? Should I make a run to LHBS to get a different strain?
I called them to ask about it and talked to two people who both gave me attitude and said they were out, so apparently they took the liberty of substituting. When I asked if it would produce very similar results, all I got was that it will produce a "drinkable" beer. When I asked further whether that was the closest dry yeast to Nottingham, I got more attitude about there being only a "handful" of dry yeast strains. Apparently I'm a noob for not using liquid. Seeing as they carry 12 different dry ale yeasts, I hope they didn't just grab one out of the nearest bin to them when they were packaging me up.
Good thing I have this site to get my questions answered and don't have to rely on AHS:
Is this Cooper's stuff gonna get the job done as well as Nottingham? Should I make a run to LHBS to get a different strain?