LalBrew Nottingham Temperature?

[Chunkage]

Just pitched 11.5g in about 5.5 gallons of 1.056 OG English Pale ale, the wort was around 68 as I pitched it but the ambient room temp is anywhere from 63-64 degrees. Is this an okay temperature to ferment this yeast, even if it crawls up to near 70 from activity the first few days?

 

[Immocles]

Highest I’ve gone with notty was about 67f. I’ve always had luck with notty being clean across the temperature spectrum, but it might throw some esters at 70+. It’s super clean low to mid 60s, though.

 

[RM-MN]

Set your fermenter into a tub of water, give the yeast more liquid to have to warm. It helps a lot.

 

[thehaze]

Nottingham is rather clean when compared with other English yeast. It can also ferment ( at least my experience across a few dozens batchs ) higher than 70F without throwing off flavours, etc. And you should be welcoming esters in beer, if you're lucky anough to coax it out of dry Nottingham.

 

[Miraculix]

Nottingham is really really boring and mutes hops. So depending on what you are after, this might be the best or the worst.

For a typical English beer, I would expect English esters. Notty won't provide these unfortunately, but your beer can still be s nice beer, so don't get me wrong.

If you want something really bri'ish, try verdant IPA yeast next time. This yeast it just incredibly full of English flavour and it's a dry yeast as well.

 

[Snuffy]

Notty rocks the world. Flocs like putty and brews consistent product anywhere in the 60s or 70s F. From pales to porters to stouts. If I want funny yeast flavors I'll brew something Belgian with BE-256. Saisons - it's Belle Saison or BE-134. Wheat WB-06. If I want loud hops, it's US-05. Anything else... Notty.