A38 JUICE

[schmahly]

Has anyone had experience with using A38 Imperial Ale Juice yeast. I plan to make a NEIPA with it but I can't find any information on the profile the yeast gives at the lower end of fermentation temperature or towards the high end.

 

[brownni5]

No experience yet - I've got some ready to go in an old ale, but it is purportedly the same as/similar enough to Wyeast 1318 - London Ale III. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. There's likely a lot more information on that strain if you want to research that.

 

[day_trippr]

I split a handful of neipa batches between 1318 and a38 and nobody was ever able to tell the two apart.
I'm convinced they are virtually identical strains, so I stopped ranching a38 and stuck with 1318...

Cheers!

 

[OKCAg2002]

I've been fermenting my first hazy IPA with this yeast. Pitched it at 66 and it's stayed at that temp for the last 2.5 days. Last night, I thought the iced water was sufficient to keep it cool. However, it wasn't. It ended up rising to 74 degrees over the span of 4 hours. I know I should just let it ferment, but should I expect any impact to the beer?

 

[day_trippr]

Generally the later a "warm event" happens the lower the impact. Fortunately 74°F is still within the recommended range so I'm inclined to expect no bad effects. Carry on

Cheers!

 

[OKCAg2002]

That’s my thought, as well. It was at 1.030 per the Tilt, and it crept up to 74 over the span of 5 hours. Not ideal, but I’m not losing sleep on it. This is my first hazy IPA, so I’m definitely sensitive to the financial investment of this beer. I really don’t want to waste my money!

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

It will be fine, just be sure to cool before dryhopping. I usually soft crash to 48f and dry hop around 55f if you have the ability to do so.

 

[OKCAg2002]

Do you do two dry hop additions? Or just a single?

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Depends, I have been doing 2 of them 1 day apart. Usually the first one goes in 3 days before cold crash and kegging. I have done them all at once and I feel I get better utilization if I split them into 2.

 

[troxerX]

I recall a few posts (with pictures) showing A18 and A38 being Other Half House yeast strains