Belgian Bastogne Ale Yeast (WLP510)

[Burgs]

Has anyone made anything weird with this yeast? By weird I mean - something besides dubbel, tripel, strong golden ale, that kinda thing?

If so, what was it and how did it turn out?

 

[corwin3083]

I made an APA for a friend's birthday, which was excellent, and a cream ale, which is now a house beer, and which turned my wife into a beer drinker. I love this yeast.

 

[Burgs]

Was the yeast pretty clean & neutral in both of those? That's kind of what I'm afraid of...

 

[corwin3083]

Clean? Hardly. This isn't Pacman we're talking about here. It was fruity and a little tart. Used a tiny bit of Warrior for bittering on the cream ale, and Cascade for flavoring; both of them turned out to blend almost perfectly with the belgian yeast.

I did notice, though, that both of these beers benefited greatly from bottle conditioning; they were good coming out of the fermenter, but only great after a month or so in bottles.

 

[Burgs]

Cool, thanks.

I'm wondering how well it would work in Biere de Garde...

 

[corwin3083]

I don't see why it wouldn't. You'd just want to take into account the tart fruit flavor when choosing hops.

 

[Burgs]

I've got some NZ Motueka planned for it... I'm really shooting for more of a Biere de Mars, but I will admit that it's a honestly bit of a mutt because I'm trying to use up ingredients.

 

[corwin3083]

I don't know anything about NZ hops, but I'm definitely curious to know how it goes...

 

[Burgs]

I guess Motueka used to be sold as "Belgian Saaz" and then "B Saaz", primarily to Belgian brewers and breweries. Supposed to have some citrus/pepper/tropical fruit qualities to them. I think mine are 8% AA.

 

[Burgs]

I ended up just doing a SMaSH with Pilsner & Motueka and fermented it with the Bastogne strain. Kegged it last night after a two week or so primary - tasted really nice!

I will save my full judgement until it's carbed but so far I liked what I tasted/smelled from this particular yeast.

 

[shoreman]

Cool, thanks.

I'm wondering how well it would work in Biere de Garde...

I wouldn't use it for bdg - use a faux lager yeast like European Ale

 

[couchsending]

Reviving an old thread here..

Anyone use this yeast a bunch and have any insight on how clean it actually is? Like can you overpitch and ferment it cold and get something with very low phenolics/spice?

Anymore insight from people that have used it a bunch would be awesome. I'd like the tart/fruit aspect but not looking for clove or spice ideally.

 

[popsicleian]

Reviving an old thread here..

Anyone use this yeast a bunch and have any insight on how clean it actually is? Like can you overpitch and ferment it cold and get something with very low phenolics/spice?

Anymore insight from people that have used it a bunch would be awesome. I'd like the tart/fruit aspect but not looking for clove or spice ideally.

I've only used it once, and I have only sampled the beer pre-bottling (it's almost done conditioning). I fermented around 68-70. It is more subtle than many other strains, but it definitely had Belgian character. It didn't seem very tart at all, but I got some really nice, soft pear and citrus fruity esters. A little bit of spice as well, but less than a lot of other Belgian strains.