What is your all-purpose yeast?

[Brew2Be]

Hi. I mostly use champagne yeast as my all-purpose yeast because i think it works great for most things (wine, mead and so on). Is there a better all-purpose yeast? And what do you use?

 

[day_trippr]

Well, I don't do wine or mead, so that narrows my needs considerably. I always keep a couple of packs of both Safeale S04 and US-05 in the beer fridge, they're both at the top of my "most frequently used" list...

Cheers!

 

[Yooper]

I often use S04 for beer (and ferment under 64 degrees to hold down the esters) if I"m using dry yeast. For wines, many of them are made with EC1118 (Champagne yeast).

 

[ttumotion]

I love PacMan smack packs. I make a yeast starter a couple of days before brewday... Its a yeast that hasn't let me down yet... Makes a killer IPA too...

 

[starrfish]

S04 and US-05 are what I find myself going to for everyday ales.

 

[blkandrust]

I'm a 1056 or wlp001 kinda guy.

 

[TrubDog]

Notty. It's fast, clean and has never let me down.

 

[Catawampus]

I use Kolsch for almost everything.

 

[Hugh_Jass]

1318 ftw

 

[Stevo2569]

1056. Us-05,S-04, and Cali. Oh and a occasional S-33.

 

[Grinder12000]

Why would anyone want an all purpose yeast? Every beer has it's own best yeast.

WITH THAT SAID.

Pacman souls be me default yeast. I always wash it so 1 smakpac a year is all I need. I have too much actually. Can't use 36 pacmans a year.

 

[mountainman13]

04 and 05 are my failsafes that I always keep in the fridge. Pacman is nice in the winter when the temps are low for me. With that being said, I don't think there is an all purpose yeast.

 

[Calder]

PacMan.

But it is useless for Belgians, Bretts, and British beers, so I keep several yeasts going at once.

 

[GuldTuborg]

1728 is a great all purpose strain. It handles low and high gravity with ease, attenuates consistently well (though it really helps to finish fermentation at a higher temp than pitch temps), flocculates well, is clean at the lower end of its range and shows tasty dark stone fruit flavors at the high end. It also doesn't seem to mute hop flavors or bitterness. If you know how to treat it well, this yeast can do almost anything one could reasonably expect a single yeast to do.

That's for beer. I don't know how it would do with wine and mead, but the gravity and alcohol tolerances are very good for an ale yeast. I can't say how it does in high acid environments. It might be worth looking into.

 

[masonsjax]

Pacman has replaced US-05 as my go to yeast for most styles I make. Kolsch is a great all around yeast too, especially for wheat beers.

 

[Diver165]

US-05 and S-04

 

[Brew2Be]

Notty. It's fast, clean and has never let me down.

Do you use Nottingham yeast for both wine and beer?

 

[pigroaster]

Could you list a good supplier for pacman? I live in Canada but visit the states AZ once a year.

 

[PaulyWantsABeer]

Safale FTW

 

[eanmcnulty]

Us-05!

 

[TrubDog]

Brew2Be - Only beer. I used to make wine, but the two year wait didn't provide a very good gratification factor. I like the 4 to 6 weeks that comes with brewing!

 

[Reno_eNVy]

I have some washed Wyeast 1272 that has served me well for a while.

 

[pm5k00]

I like us-05 and WLP 007 for almost everything but belgians and hefe/wits.

 

[chromados]

WLP007 is by far my house yeast and I use it for just about any beer that doesnt require specialty yeast.

Chromados

 

[November]

S-33 @ 59f

 

[Dog House Brew]

Pacman, WLP007, WY1450, 05. Just started using Pacman and really like it for my IPA beers. WLP007 is a fantastic yeast.

 

[MrManifesto]

i can only cool my ferm chamber to 40 so i think i'm going to recruit 007 as a house yeast, high floc and good attenuation.

 

[mobilecabinworks]

US-05 or Wyeast 1728

 

[A4J]

WLP029 Kolsch or WLP001

 

[solavirtus]

WLP007 or 1728. I'm addicted to Pacman for APAs and IPAs though.