Bells Two Hearted Fans Good News

[Beerfly]

Coming to you straight from the labs at Bell's Brewery is the same house yeast we use in the vast majority of our ales! Interested in brewing a clone of Two Hearted, Oberon, Hopslam or just any style? Look no further and purchase our Bell's House Yeast today in the General Store or online:

 

[Franktalk]

You had me at hello!

 

[Gameface]

Nice!

 

[couchsending]

It’s great yeast... basically 1056 that floccs pretty well.

 

[BrewnWKopperKat]

and, FWIW, there are a number of additional hops in their "select" series.

So many enjoyable triangle tests, so little time .

 

[couchsending]

Hmmm interesting. Ordered some Amarillo and Simcoe. Can’t find any decent lots of either of those hops this year. Hopefully these are better.

 

[brewswithshoes]

Anybody know if this is being sold thru other imperial resellers. Or only thru Bell's.
I always worry about buying yeast non-local in hotter months.

 

[BrewnWKopperKat]

Anybody know if this is being sold thru other imperial resellers. Or only thru Bell's.
I always worry about buying yeast non-local in hotter months.

Looks like beerandbrewing.com picked up on Bell's yeast and triggered another short discussion over on reddit. There is mention of a second/alternative source. https://old.reddit.com/r/Homebrewing/comments/bn3nkh/bells_yeast_now_available_as_imperial_a62/.

 

[brewswithshoes]

Thanks for link, good info.

It's close to $20 for 1 pack shipped to me.

I think I'm gonna try the dregs from a 6-er first. I've done it from Allagash White, but I feel like a lot more bottle yeast is in those.....

 

[ShepFL]

Dang - now rethinking my house yeast selection

 

[Biobrewer]

Looks like beerandbrewing.com picked up on Bell's yeast and triggered another short discussion over on reddit. There is mention of a second/alternative source. https://old.reddit.com/r/Homebrewing/comments/bn3nkh/bells_yeast_now_available_as_imperial_a62/.

From the Reddit discussion: "Bell's Yeast has been available from The Yeast Bay for several years now. It's their Midwestern Ale yeast. Makes a perfect Oberon when fermented at 69F."

We never disclose the source of our strains, even if granted the permission of the brewery, and I wouldn't confirm or deny where any strain is from. In lieu of branding with a brewery, I prefer cultures to stand on their description alone to avoid the common rationalization that if you use the exact culture of a brewery you'll somehow be able to recreate their character. A lot goes into a beer, and as important as the culture is in defining that character, there is a lot of process-related work upstream and downstream from fermentation that defines the character of a beer, not to mention the regulation of fermentation parameters during the fermentation process itself.

That said, the Midwestern Ale strain is a phenomenal catch-all strain that can be used across a huge number of American beer styles, from IPAs, Pale Ales and Hoppy session beers to Brown Ales, Red Ales, Stouts, Porters and big beefy Barleywines. It's a very versatile strain with an ester profile that is highly dependent upon temperature. We made this available as one of our original offerings in February 2014, and it's been a popular strain since the launch!