Anyone Have Conan Yeast?

[PeteNMA]

Holy thread resurrection Batman!

I'm planning a special brew for some friends who are getting married and think that Conan would be the perfect complement to my planned hop choices. Anyone out there able to set me up with some?

I can trade beer or money, whatever's your fancy. Thanks!

 

[RatchetBrews]

Holy thread resurrection Batman!

I'm planning a special brew for some friends who are getting married and think that Conan would be the perfect complement to my planned hop choices. Anyone out there able to set me up with some?

I can trade beer or money, whatever's your fancy. Thanks!

I plan on revitalizing my conan with a fresh starter this week and would be more then happy to ship a full white labs sized tube by express with cold packs in exchange for local craft beer.
There are 2 other members here who could vouch for me, being we made the same arrangement about a month ago.
PM me and we'll discuss.
Cheers!

 

[Muthacack]

http://yeastgeek.com/product/yg001-green-mountains-ale/

Here is a site that sells fresh Conan yeast

 

[TriggerFingers]

Last time I talked to owner of Princeton Homebrew he told me they had ECY29 in stock (which is the Conan strain). Personally, before I tried Heady Topper I would have done anything to get my hands on it. After Heady Topper, I think I am going to stick with US-05.

Seriously, I think Heady Topper is mostly hype. I mean for a canned IPA its delicious, but its nowhere near my favorite IPA. I gave my last two cans away to my neighbor last night because he loved it. Me....I guess to each his own. Just use a clean ale strain and hop the crap out of it.

 

[boswell]

My lhbs has 10 or so 'vials' Philly Homebrew Supply. They're cool dudes too.

 

[gometz]

http://yeastgeek.com/product/yg001-green-mountains-ale/

Here is a site that sells fresh Conan yeast

Thank you for the link. After reading about Conan I figure I can't go wrong with trying these guys out. I am planning on making an Imperial IPA followed by a Black Imperial IPA onto the yeast cake. This will probably end up being my first yeast that I slant for future uses.

 

[beauvafr]

Yeastgeek are out.. Obv Who is willing to ship some to a Canadian french fellow just PM me. Maple Syrup or Dieu du ciel yeast could be part of the trade

 

[gometz]

I may be able to send you some. I propagated what I got from Yeast Geek and have 3 white labs vials with probably 50-75 billion cells each (plus 3 jars with probably 150-200). I know I will need 2 of the 6 containers I have but don't know if I will need to use the other 4. Since I don't freeze the yeast I don't know how long I could keep them all viable (I am also planning on making an extra big starter to re-harvest a jar).

Best way to ship? I guess a package with a ice pack and express shipping.

 

[PsiNyde]

Humpy Bump

For the last month, every time I look for Yeast Geek of Giga Yeast, they are out. I found somebody who did have it last night: Saltcitybrewsupply.com
Not only did they have GY054 in stock, I just found an email this morning that it's already been shipped out and have a tracking number.

 

[highgravitybacon]

Word on the street is that Mangrove Jack M44 is the dry version of Conan.

 

[gometz]

Here is my experience that I shared with someone just now for YG001:

Attenuation:
65*F - 78%
67*F - 79%
2 batches at ambient Temp - 65-68*F - 80-85.5% (APA was 85.5%, pitched onto the yeast cake of the IPA)

Now there is a new development in this: today I had two of my Imperial IPA (1st Conan batch) blow up. It is VERY possible that YG001 is a blend or I had an infection. The last two batches were actually from yeast that froze that I then restarted. The background strong peach/apricot flavor is still there though. So my thinking is the infection (mine or theirs, on purpose or not) became dominant over time, making the peach/apricot very VERY strong and eventually leading to bottle bombs. I had stable gravity readings for a whole week in secondary, so I don't think I bottled too early.

I am not trying to say they have an issue with their system, but I can say that from batch 1 until batch 4 the peach flavor did become stronger and the attenuation became greater. This leads me to believe there is a specific strain that creates the strong flavor and it is dampened by a more neutral strain (this is why reusing the yeast leads to the wrong flavor).

The drop in gravity could be an infection in my own system, but no off flavors came up over 3 months (and a drop of 4-6 gravity points in the beers).

Using very very novice logic: YG001 is a blend and the flavor blend is very high attenuating (and is used in a small percentage in the blend, leading to higher attenuation over time, so drink up quick!).
Supporting this is the overbearing peach/apricot flavor that comes up when you overuse the yeast. I made something very similar to a Zombie Dust clone and I could BARELY taste the Citra!

 

[PsiNyde]

Here is my experience that I shared with someone just now for YG001:

Attenuation:
65*F - 78%
67*F - 79%
2 batches at ambient Temp - 65-68*F - 80-85.5% (APA was 85.5%, pitched onto the yeast cake of the IPA)

Now there is a new development in this: today I had two of my Imperial IPA (1st Conan batch) blow up. It is VERY possible that YG001 is a blend or I had an infection. The last two batches were actually from yeast that froze that I then restarted. The background strong peach/apricot flavor is still there though. So my thinking is the infection (mine or theirs, on purpose or not) became dominant over time, making the peach/apricot very VERY strong and eventually leading to bottle bombs. I had stable gravity readings for a whole week in secondary, so I don't think I bottled too early.

I am not trying to say they have an issue with their system, but I can say that from batch 1 until batch 4 the peach flavor did become stronger and the attenuation became greater. This leads me to believe there is a specific strain that creates the strong flavor and it is dampened by a more neutral strain (this is why reusing the yeast leads to the wrong flavor).

The drop in gravity could be an infection in my own system, but no off flavors came up over 3 months (and a drop of 4-6 gravity points in the beers).

Using very very novice logic: YG001 is a blend and the flavor blend is very high attenuating (and is used in a small percentage in the blend, leading to higher attenuation over time, so drink up quick!).
Supporting this is the overbearing peach/apricot flavor that comes up when you overuse the yeast. I made something very similar to a Zombie Dust clone and I could BARELY taste the Citra!

Based on this, I am going to have to take one of my GY054 packs and start it to make a bunch of cakes in mason jars before using.

My Heady dregs are finally taking off too...

 

[Fermented_minds]

The Yeast Bay sells a strain called Vermont Ale:

http://www.theyeastbay.com/brewers-yeast-products/vermont-ale

Their products are manufactured by White Labs too, so you know they're good quality! They just started selling homebrew vials yesterday.


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[The_Nid_Hog]

I have a vial on its way--I'm eager to see how it works out.

The Yeast Bay sells a strain called Vermont Ale:

http://www.theyeastbay.com/brewers-yeast-products/vermont-ale

Their products are manufactured by White Labs too, so you know they're good quality! They just started selling homebrew vials yesterday.


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[PsiNyde]

GY054 did the same thing - terribly aggressive so far. I don't think it's YB's strain, I think it's just how Conan works.


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