Saf Ale -04 - Cream Ale

[Gsusbrew]

My local home brew store was closed and all I had on hand was a package of Saf ale 04. I used it for the Cream of 3 crops recipe .

Any idea what i should expect?
Fermenting away after 12 hours at 65 F.

Ive used it in the past and had some fruit flavours but I am not sure if it was the yeast or something else. Not looking for anything fruity in this cream ale.

Looking for your thoughts.

 

[BigMack]

I always get some esters with 04. I recently made a super simple SMaSH pale ale with 04 that I was really just making to have another beer ready for a party. I pushed the yeast a little too much trying to get it done quickly and had a fair bit of fruity esters.

That being said, if you can keep fermentation temps down you should get a somewhat clean finished product. Just be vigilant about temps because this yeast likes to ferment fast and hot.

 

[didinho]

if you keep it low (16 Celsius), the fruitiness will not be high (but higher than US-05) but could be pleasant in a cream ale.
FG will be slightly higher