1056 for blonde or kolsch

[CFuggles]

This yeast seems pretty mild in my american ales. I thought about using it for a cream ale, blonde ale, kolsch lets call the whole thing off brew. I brewed a kolsch on friday and used 2565, I only thought about using 1056 after.

Anyone ever use 1056 in a super light ale?

 

[ChrisKennedy]

It would be good in a cream ale or blonde, but not a kolsch. A kolsch needs the kolsch yeast characteristics or else it is just a blonde.

 

[alecoholic]

You can make a kolsch with 1056, ferment warm, then lager. The key to a kolsch with 1056 is the warm ferment, by warm I mean 70-72. The vinous sulfury notes from the Kolsch yeast are not required for the style and are minimized by proper aging anyway.

Other than Kolsch, I've used it in other light ales with good results.