Northwest Ale Yeast

[McCall St. Brewer]

I have a kit to make an AG California Common. It came with steam beer lager yeast. I have a batch in my primary, though, that needs to go to the secondary and it was made with northwest ale yeast. What do you think will happen if I just pitch onto the northwest ale yeast instead of using the steam beer yeast?

 

[Pumbaa]

I think you'll end up with a very nice batch of NW ale and have left over Cali Steam yeast for another day

 

[banjopicker16]

I dont know about the NW Ale yeat, but the Calif. Common is a lager yeast that ferments nicely around 65 degrees F. So, if the NW ale yeast is just a regular ale yeast, it wont ferment as "clean" as the lager yeast. It'll make for nice beer, just maybe not as clean, without esters.

 

[McCall St. Brewer]

I think you'll end up with a very nice batch of NW ale and have left over Cali Steam yeast for another day

You might just be right. Seems a shame to waste that yeast by just dumping it down the drain. Maybe I'll just save the CC for the next batch.