Wyeast's 1028 Style Suggestions?

[trav77]

I've been on a bit of a British kick of late and although I've brewed plenty of bitters in the past I've usually tended to stick with 1968 London ESB or1469 West Yorkshire. Recently I picked up a pack of 1028 London Ale and am a bit surprised by Wyeast's style recommendations for it. They're exclusively dark styles, nothing in the pale mild/bitter/PA/IPA realm. The reputed source is Worthington White Shield which is an IPA so what's the deal? Why no recommendation for pale styles?

 

[bierhaus15]

It's one of the best choices for dark beer - especially porter and stouts - but makes very nice bitters and ESB/IPA as well. I particularly like it in EIPA and hoppy bitters where the dry-mineral character works well with English hops. Although, it can take a while to get bright clarity without fininings.

 

[secondbase]

I love this yeast in porters, stouts, old ales and barleywines. I liked it just fine in a mild, but prefer 1968 or 1318 in that style. Never used it in hoppy styles, usually reach for 1469 or 1968 with those.

 

[DromJohn]

Supposedly Wyeast 1028 is the same as WLP013.
White Labs lists for WLP013:
American Amber

• American Brown Ale

• American India Pale Ale

• American Pale Ale

• American Porter

• Barleywine Ale

• Cream Ale

• Dusseldorf Altbier

• English Brown Ale

• English India Pale Ale

• English Old Ale

• English Pale Ale

• Extra Special Bitter

• Foreign Export Stout

• Imperial India Pale Ale

• Imperial Stout

• Irish Dry Stout

• Irish Red Ale

• Oatmeal Stout

• Ordinary Bitter

• Scotch Ale (Wee Heavy)

• Sweet Stout

• Wheat Ale

I currently have the Beer Captured recipe for Old Rasputin RIS in the secondary using WLP013 as the substitute for Wyeast 1028.