S-04

[Wino24]

Hi all....getting ready to brew an oatmeal stout tonight. I plan on using S-04 and was wondering if I could get a little feedback from you guys.
Thanks

 

[danlad]

Safale 04 is my favourite yeast. Does the job fast, drops to the bottom quickly and leaves enough sweetness and flavour to make it all worthwhile, especially with flavoursome malts like in a porter/stout. Is an almost idiot proof yeast to my mind, and I'm an idiot believe me. Also makes bottling a dream as it sticks like sh!te to a blanket to the bottom of the bottle.

 

[Wino24]

Lol....thanks for input....and the visual..lol

 

[cell]

I was brewing a barleywine and I split the 5 gallon batch into two carboy during fermentation. In the first one I used SafbrewS33 and in the other one I used Safale S-04. After one week, I drank a sample (and took a reading) and I prefered the Safale one. Unfortunately, I mixed both into one carboy.

 

[blackwaterbrewer]

can't go wrong with safale 04. +1 on i being good for malty beers. and , it costs less than $2. score.

 

[ChshreCat]

S04 and S05 are both great choices, depending on what character you want to your beer.

 

[heywolfie1015]

S04 and S05 are both great choices, depending on what character you want to your beer.

What would you say are the main differences?

 

[blackwaterbrewer]

05 takes longer to mature . o4 will dry out a beer nicely and quickly. most dry yeasts take longer to finish than the vile but they are worth the wait.

 

[Wino24]

Thanks to all for your input

 

[RunBikeBrew]

It's a great yeast for "sweeter" ales. It's not a great attenuator, but that's OK in a lot of styles. Be careful not to let the fermentation temps drop, this will cause US-04 to go to sleep (i.e. stuck fermentation). It is vastly superior to Windsor, which is targeted at the same styles.

 

[ChshreCat]

What would you say are the main differences?

04 is English and 05 is American. So 04 will give you a bit more of the esters you want for an English style ale, while 04 is cleaner American style.