Porter Yeast Recommendations

[rwcdrums]

Tomorrow I'm brewing Great Lakes' Edmund Fitzgerald clone. This is the recipe I am following - https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/homebrew-recipe/great-lakes-brewing-edmund-fitzgerald-porter.

I currently have two packets of Nottingham dry yeast available at home. Would this be an ok yeast to use or should I go for a liquid Irish ale yeast like WLP004?

Obviously, I'm a fairly new brewer and open to all suggestions. Thanks!

 

[ProblemChild]

either is fine.

 

[BrewSomeMore]

Nottingham would work but might dry it out too much. SO4 is another good option for dry yeast as it leaves some residual sweetness. I have had good luck with SO4 for stouts and porters. Any liquid English/Irish yeast would work as well or Wyeast American II 1272.

 

[Weezy]

Wyeast 1028 - London Ale is their house strain for ales.

 

[rwcdrums]

Wyeast 1028 - London Ale is their house strain for ales.

Unable to get Wyeast products at my LHBS. White Labs or dry substitute?

 

[20grit]

Unable to get Wyeast products at my LHBS. White Labs or dry substitute?

wlp013

 

[rwcdrums]

wlp013

Thanks. I've never made a yeast starter before. Would making one 12 hrs before pitching be too soon? If so, perhaps you could recommend a dry yeast substitute?

 

[BrewSomeMore]

If the liquid yeast is somewhat fresh you should be OK pitching directly in the fermentor for a 5 gallon batch. Closest dry yeast would be SO4.

 

[thehaze]

WLP095, WLP004 or WLP013. Or you can blend 095 with 004.

 

[Weezy]

Mangrove Jack Burton Ale as well I'd think.

 

[rwcdrums]

I was thinking about going with the WLP013 or WLP004 PurePitch from White Labs. Going off of memory, I believe the packaging says to pitch two packets if OG is over 1.060. Would two packets be the way to go if I don't make a starter? Thanks for bearing with me on these noob questions.

 

[Rush]

I used US-05 last time I made EF, and it was amazing. I was planning on using Denny's 1450 or S-04 the next time I made a batch of Edmund though, just to see the difference.

 

[rwcdrums]

I ended up picking up two packs of FastPitch WLP013. I plan on pitching both packs as per the directions. Thanks to everyone for their input. I'll plan a little better next time.