Cerveza Beer Yeast

[Smitty]

Are there better yeast alternatives for brewing cerveza style beer other than the package that comes with the kit? One sales consultant recommended Lallemand Nottingham yeast. Any opinions out there?

 

[TheMadKing]

Cervesza style beer should be pretty close to a Vienna Lager, and lallemand Nottingham is not a terrible choice if you ferment it cool and overpitch

I would go for a lager yeast like Wy2278 or WLP920 would be good choices

If you're needing an ale strain, I would go with a big pitch of the Nottingham strain, or of Kveik yeast.

If you use an ale yeast use 1.5x the # of cells recommended by the yeast starter calculators and ferment at the cool end of its recommended temperature range.

Let it Lager for 4 weeks before you start drinking it

 

[RPh_Guy]

"Cerveza" is Spanish for "beer", so you're asking what is a good yeast beer-style beer.

Are you wanting to make a light lager? Use a lager yeast.

 

[Jag75]

WLP940 yeast

Oops , this is a mexican Lager yeast not an Ale .

I did a Brewersbest Mexican cerveza kit once and I believe it came with Nottingham

 

[Immocles]

I did a Brewersbest Mexican cerveza kit once and I believe it came with Nottingham

Yep, I just bottles that kit about a month ago. I think Nottingham did a good job. I wish my basement had been just slightly cooler, but a very nice beer.

 

[Jag75]

Yep, I just bottles that kit about a month ago. I think Nottingham did a good job. I wish my basement had been just slightly cooler, but a very nice beer.

Yes it's a one of their best kits imo. I've done a ton of their kits when I first started. Pretty good quality kits . The Red Ale was really good .

 

[smata67]

Brewers Best Cerveza kit comes with Nottingham.

https://www.homebrewing.org/Brewers-Best-Mexican-Cerveza-Kit_p_79.html

 

[Smitty]

Cervesza style beer should be pretty close to a Vienna Lager, and lallemand Nottingham is not a terrible choice if you ferment it cool and overpitch

I would go for a lager yeast like Wy2278 or WLP920 would be good choices

If you're needing an ale strain, I would go with a big pitch of the Nottingham strain, or of Kveik yeast.

If you use an ale yeast use 1.5x the # of cells recommended by the yeast starter calculators and ferment at the cool end of its recommended temperature range.

Let it Lager for 4 weeks before you start drinking it

Thank you.