Curious to know what you mean. Just can’t get a beer to ferment right using this yeast or nothing tastes right? Thanks for your input.
I don’t know. I make quite a few lagers.. like maybe 12 so far this year. Prolly over 50 the last 3-4 years. I’d like to think I do all the steps to make lager the traditional way. Step mash/decoct, meticulous attention to water chemistry, pH throughout the whole process, huge pitch rates, o2 injection with a stone and flow meter, precise temperature control. Pitch cold, ferment cold, krausen, spund, long lagering, etc.
The beers I’ve made with that strain have all been the worst. I’ve used just about everything else and literally every other lager strain has produced much better beers. For some reason I just can’t figure out they just suck. I get lots of sulfur yet it supposed to be a low sulfur strain? Never had diacetyl but odd esters that don’t lager out. It’s hard to explain.
The thing is it’s supposed to be one of the easiest strains to use. It’s advertised as low sulfur, low diacetyl, low ester at even moderate temps. Super forgiving. A ton of breweries use it for that reason. Supposedly you can mistreat it pretty badly and it still will turn out great beer. I know a ton of people that use it and can make decent beer.
I’ve had much better luck with some of the most finicky lager strains which makes no sense.
