What is your favorite yeast for a British Brown Ale

[bwible]

By British Brown Ale do you mean something like Newcastle? Thats a pretty well known recipe you can find lots of info out there for.

This might be sacrilige, but the last 2 I did were with Wyeast 1272. It’s such a versatile yeast. Truth be told, I was trying for an Irish Red recipe and what I wound up with was much closer to Newcastle. I used a couple ounces of roasted barley, like 2 oz in a 3 gallon batch, and that really gives the Newcastle flavor.

 

[Gorm]

Nottingham for sure

 

[Beermeister32]

Nottingham

 

[OleBrewing]

Why not use 007. Nottingham is a cheaper alternative but 007 is in my opinion a better yeast for clean British ales. I would even use it with American pale ales. Makes clean and crisp beer.

 

[Gorm]

Why not use 007. Nottingham is a cheaper alternative but 007 is in my opinion a better yeast for clean British ales. I would even use it with American pale ales. Makes clean and crisp beer.

speaking for myself,,, I do not like the taste of 007 in my homebrew. Also, I brew for a rather large extended family and their feedback indicates a preference for Notty ales.