@cyberbackpacker Like your list and the goal. Please share your "yeast off" competition results to date and when you get thru the new guys. I like doing split batches, and need to have
Are you aware of
https://beer.suregork.com/?p=4030 and the genome mapping project done in cooperation with White Labs? I an using this to help with my yeast vault selections, in order to pick strains that are further away than what I have. For example, according to suregork, WY1469 W Yorkshire is the same strain or nearly same strain as WLP022.
I am adding
WLP017 whitbread II (mainly because Barclay Perkins has a ton of Whitbread recipes I want to try)
WLP026 premium bitter (it's genome is in Beer2 category along with Yorkie Squares and some saisons. So, want to give it a shot as it's far from all my other yeasties)
WLP013 London Ale given the description of estery with oak overtones (although this looks mighty close to S-04)
I have these English in the bank:
WLP02
Pub (supposedly the same strain as 02, but in a couple of blind yeast offs, I prefer Pub to 02)
WLP85 (one of my favs, blend of 02 and 06? 13? and drier than 02)
Notty (this is probably my "if you could only use one yeast for the rest of your life" yeast, can use for cider, cyser, Irish, Boddington, etc)
Windsor
W Yorkie WY1469 (pretty good one)
Yorkie Squares WLP37 (surrendered. This is beyond my brewing ability)
Burton Ale Yeast WLP23. (loses in yeast offs)
British Ale II Adnan's WY1335/WLP25 (this has won a couple of yeast offs)
Irish WLP04 (pretty good and wins yeast offs for dry stouts)
S-04
I brew low gravity beers. Usually 1032 or lower. A 1040 is a big beer to me.
02/Pub is great for low alcohol, but seems a tad "sweet" for me. 85 is not quite so low alcohol.
WLP11 European is on order. It has the same low attenuation as 02, so will be trying this to narrow down which is my low attenuation yeast.
Net net, my preferred English yeasts in no particular order are Pub, 85, W Yorkie, Adnan's & Notty.