How do you pronounce "Wyeast"?

[MrBJones]

Which is it?

 

[Leadpencil]

i've heard it both ways

 

[jschein]

Wyeast

 

[ziggurat]

Honestly, not a clue. But I've said it the second way and the guys at my LHBS didn't correct me.

 

[Electrake]

I pronounce the w then say yeast...

 

[kev211]

White Labs

 

[Dan65]

You all know that the "t" is silent in Wyeast

 

[kh54s10]

Something else... Wye East. or Y East.

 

[Moose_MI]

I'm going to drink until I give a rip. Thank you for asking..thank you!

 

[jschein]

Why yeast?

 

[ericbw]

What else could it be?

 

[day_trippr]

"elephant", of course...

(sorry. monty python flash-back... )

 

[Fedora]

Wye-yeast

 

[k1ngl1ves]

Why yeast?

Well, 'cus it wouldn't be beer without it!

 

[GHBWNY]

I don't pronounce it. I either order it online, or grab it from the cooler and take it up to the check-out at the LHBS without having to say a thing.

 

[55x11]

The difference between:
"Why-yeast"
"Why-east"

is very subtle. that's why I order from WhiteLabs. (pronounced Why? t-Labs).

 

[meatcleaver]

Wy'east is the native American name for Mt Hood near where wyeast laboratories is located.
I pronounce it wye-east but i have no idea if that's actually correct.

 

[worlddivides]

I've always pronounced it "Why-East," but that's just because that's how it looks like it should be pronounced. "Why-Yeast" doesn't make sense to me since there's only one "y" there, so it would have to be either "Why-east" or "Wh-yeast," but not "Why-Yeast." Plus that sounds like a silly question and like joke company name.

90% of my yeast purchases are from White Labs, though, so I've only bought a few of Wyeast's products over the years, anyway,so... Yeah...

 

[GHBWNY]

I've always pronounced it "Why-East," but that's just because that's how it looks like it should be pronounced. "Why-Yeast" doesn't make sense to me since there's only one "y" there, so it would have to be either "Why-east" or "Wh-yeast,"...

Or "Wye-ast"?

 

[user 224599]

Why yeast?

Because without it, you wouldn't have beer!

 

[ericbw]

Wy'east is the native American name for Mt Hood near where wyeast laboratories is located.
I pronounce it wye-east but i have no idea if that's actually correct.

Is that true?

I use white labs out of habit.

 

[meatcleaver]

here's a link to the wyeast "about us" page.
https://www.wyeastlab.com/aboutus.cfm
there is also a wiki page about the story/ legend. sorry I don't have a link for that one...

 

[soccerdad]

Card players say whist.

 

[BrewSavage]

Why yeast? Because it works!

 

[smurfjuice]

Whitelabs ...

 

[m1k3]

Whitelabs ...

Or is it "why-labs"?

 

[Sailingeric]

It is why east or the correct way Wy' East as it is what Mt Hood was called by the Multnomah tribe. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Hood. And since Wyeast is located in the shadow of Mt Hood in Hood River Oregon that is how I would pronounce it.

 

[z-bob]

"elephant", of course...

(sorry. monty python flash-back... )

I was going to say "Throat-Warbler Mangrove" but you beat me to the joke.

 

[Thorsbrew]

Funny I never even thought about it and always just thought it as "Why-yeast" even though it doesnt really spell out that way.

 

[petey_c]

Or is it "why-labs"?

I actually thought it was pronounced "why-tlabs".

 

[ericbw]

I say whhhheast.

 

[kh54s10]

To those that say Why East, Where did the "h" come from? Wyeast????

 

[Fedora]

Here ya go. Straight from the company. Why-east. I'll probably continue to pronounce it wye-yeast, as I have for years.


https://www.wyeastlab.com/pressrelease_detail.cfm?pressreleaseID=8

 

[PlexVector]

I just sort of mumble Wyeast and hope the listener hears it correctly...

 

[user 224599]

To those that say Why East, Where did the "h" come from? Wyeast????

The 'h' is silent, like the 'p' in shower.

 

[petey_c]

Here ya go. Straight from the company. Why-east. I'll probably continue to pronounce it wye-yeast, as I have for years.


https://www.wyeastlab.com/pressrelease_detail.cfm?pressreleaseID=8

What do they know??