I'm going in dry

[Mike7431]

Hello all,

I have some questions about the dry yeasts that my fellow brewers might use. I've typically always used liquid yeasts. However, I'm back at school now and will only be able to come back home for a day or two at a time. I won't have the ability to make yeast starters and because of this I want to start experimenting with some dry yeasts. I was wondering if you guys could share some of your favorite dry yeast strains to use. At the moment I'm looking for a good pale ale yeast, as well as an English ale yeast with a lot of fruity esters, and a strain for an imperial stout. Any other recommendations would be greatly appreciated. I've got a few beers I'm itching to brew.

As always, thanks for your advice

 

[stonebrewer]

Safale 04 is a good English ale yeast, 05 is a good crisp pale ale/ipa yeast. Don't do a lot of stouts so others will need to answer that.

 

[mongoose33]

Safale 04 is a good English ale yeast, 05 is a good crisp pale ale/ipa yeast. Don't do a lot of stouts so others will need to answer that.

Same comment. I've pitched them dry, and they work. I've also rehydrated them and they'll generally take off faster if you do that.

 

[helibrewer]

04 works great for stout.

 

[bruteforce]

I really like S-33 for big imperial stouts.

 

[catdaddy66]

1) Nottingham
2) Nottingham
3) Nottingham

Oh, and 4) Belle Saison

 

[day_trippr]

US-05 for the pales, S04 for the ESBs and especially the stouts.

Run US-05 around 66-67°F wort temp and it's very clean.
Don't run it much cooler unless you dig over-ripe peaches.

And S04 is a beast. Keep it on a chain.
You want to run it a tad warm for the estery notes, but definitely no higher wort temperature than 70°F to start or it'll run away on you.
I run it at 68°F until it's calmed down then let it crawl up to 70°F...

Cheers!

 

[treacheroustexan]

US-05 works great at the right temperature. S04 and nottingham for stouts. Also seconding the Belle Saison.

 

[bruteforce]

Nottingham for porter.

I absolutely detest S04. I'll try keeping it colder next time, but it throws off something I can't get past. Great yeast if you like what it does though, chews through everything pretty quick.

Belle Saison was nice, but I still prefer liquid for that, the WLP 568 blend of their saison I and golden strong. Won a few gold medals with that, and more importantly, the wife likes it.

Pitched 2 packets of US-05 on my imperial red today. Lord willing, I got the water chemistry right this time and we'll have a nice 10% malty red in a few weeks.