Substitute Ale Yeast for Lager Yeast?

[c1377]

1554 Enlightened Black Ale (New Belgium)
$31.99 -- New Belgium Brewing Company. Fort Collins, Colorado.

Extract kit includes: priming sugar, milled specialty grains in a muslin bag, hops, and detailed instructions. Mini-Mash kits do not come with grain bags. We recommend a Reusable Nylon Grain Bag. Mini-mash involves additional time for steeping. All grain brewing requires additional equipment and different brewing techniques.

Extract: 7 lbs. Liquid Malt Extract, .81 lbs. Specialty Grains.
Mini Mash: 5 lbs. Liquid Malt Extract, 2.5 lbs. Base Grains, .81 lbs. Specialty Grains.
All Grain: 9 lbs. Base Grains, .81 lbs. Specialty Grains.

Makes 5 US gallons.

YEAST: Southern German Lager/Danish Lager

I don't want to brew a Lager for my first batch.
What kind of ale yeast could I substitute for this..
..or should I just try a similar ale such as???

 

[RICLARK]

Im confused, they call it black ale but use lager yeast. So with that is it like a steam beer? You can use Lager yeast to make an ale Ex. Steam but if you dont want to do that pick up a satchel of SAFALE S-05 or Nottingham. Both will produce great beers.

 

[jacksonbrown]

Call up the company you're getting the kit from and ask them if it's a lager yeast that's meant to be fermented at ale temps (mid 60's), or if they'll allow you to substitute the yeast.

 

[DeathBrewer]

two words: Steam Beer (or California Common, if you prefer )

 

[david_42]

I did Schwartzbier lager yeast vs Nottingham experiment. Other than the lager finishing one point higher, there were no noticeable differences.

 

[MX1]

If you read about the 1554 you will find that New Belgium says that they ferment this with a lager yeast at ale temps to make it.

Let me know how this comes out, I am sitting on a grain bill that I came up with for a American Black Ale that I was going to post up in the next month or 2 to see what everyone thought about it.

Tim