I had a friend who I thought liked beer. Turned out he was just severely alcoholic. He used to present the garbage man with bags entirely full of Bud bottles. When the truck came, the neighborhood resounded with the sound of glass clinking. He drank a LOT of beer.
Somehow not realizing he had a problem, I tried to introduce him to actual beer by making something light, with some corn added. My thinking was that it would be like Bud or Miller, except that it would taste good. Around 25 IBU. That was as far as I thought I could go, because Bud people aren't familiar with the flavor of hops and could be spooked by it.
I thought it would be good if it smelled somewhat familiar to him, so I used WLP840 American Lager yeast. The hope was that it would have that green-apple smell cheap beer drinkers were used to. I actually like that smell, believe it or not. The pain comes when you put the beer in your mouth.
As it turned out, the beer was great, so I kept making it for myself. I was shocked.
I am going to make some of this soon, but I wanted to ask what people think of WLP840. There are claims it was originally scraped out of the system at a Bud brewery. It's used to make bad beer, but is it a bad yeast? Is there something else out there that might be better in a light lager with a little corn and crystal malt in it, with Magnum hops?
I think the yeast is probably fine, which makes you wonder why they bothered finding a good yeast to make Bud with.
Somehow not realizing he had a problem, I tried to introduce him to actual beer by making something light, with some corn added. My thinking was that it would be like Bud or Miller, except that it would taste good. Around 25 IBU. That was as far as I thought I could go, because Bud people aren't familiar with the flavor of hops and could be spooked by it.
I thought it would be good if it smelled somewhat familiar to him, so I used WLP840 American Lager yeast. The hope was that it would have that green-apple smell cheap beer drinkers were used to. I actually like that smell, believe it or not. The pain comes when you put the beer in your mouth.
As it turned out, the beer was great, so I kept making it for myself. I was shocked.
I am going to make some of this soon, but I wanted to ask what people think of WLP840. There are claims it was originally scraped out of the system at a Bud brewery. It's used to make bad beer, but is it a bad yeast? Is there something else out there that might be better in a light lager with a little corn and crystal malt in it, with Magnum hops?
I think the yeast is probably fine, which makes you wonder why they bothered finding a good yeast to make Bud with.
