Wyeast #3864 Canadian/Belgian Ale - Private Collection.

[conor60]

Good Sub? I cannot find it, brewing a Don De Dieu clone.

 

[ehedge20]

Excellent strain. I had a beer Sunday produced with this and as I remember the smoothness of the beer is incredible!

 

[bigbeergeek]

get it from one of their bottles.

 

[SickTransitMundus]

Try WY3522, Belgian Ardennes. It's not as estery as a typical abbey/trappist yeast.

Or, you could fall back to WY1214 - Chimay yeast. Cana-Belg yeast is apparently a descendant of a sample taken from Chimay 40-odd years ago. I imagine they've diverged a lot since then, however.

 

[SickTransitMundus]

Also, Unibroue apparently uses different yeasts for fermentation and bottle conditioning. I suspect that WY3864 is the fermentation strain, so bottle culturing may not be optimal.

 

[conor60]

Thanks! found this recipe on Northern Brewer

http://www.northernbrewer.com/brewing/quebecois-quadruple-wheat-wine-extract-product-group.html

any one try it? I was thinking about add some peaches in the secondary, good? bad? ugly?

Any thoughts are welcome!! Thanks!!

 

[bigbeergeek]

Also, Unibroue apparently uses different yeasts for fermentation and bottle conditioning. I suspect that WY3864 is the fermentation strain, so bottle culturing may not be optimal.

curses! I was hoping to culture from one of their bottles for a christmas ale this year!