WLP005 good sub for WLP002?

[johnnyc]

My LHBS is out of Fuller's ESB yeast, WLP002 or Wyeast 1968. Thoughts on a sub? I'm thinking either WLP005 or WLP023. Opinions?

 

[bigbadbrewer]

you could use safale 04 for this purpouse....or order it by mail

cheers

 

[KayaBrew]

002 makes a nice ESB.

 

[johnpreuss]

Any English yeast will make a nice beer. Personally I would go with the Ringwood but that's just me.

My $0.02

 

[jmo88]

I found the ringwood yeast really clean despite the commercial ringwood examples. For a similar attenuation and fruity malt driven character I'd look for wlp041. The two you mentioned make a substitution a little difficult because of either attenuation or fruity esters.

 

[johnnyc]

Well I went with the 005 and mashed a couple degrees higher to keep the residual sugar similar to 002. Fermenting it a little warmer too, around 70. We'll see in a couple weeks.