I'm going to order this weekend, as I need to restock my yeast.
I'm hoping to branch out from my "crutches", as I tend to reach for the same chosen strains over and over and over.
I tend to use WLP001 for American style beers that lean toward hops, Denny's Favorite 50 (Wyeast 1450) for many other American beers, and Wyeast 1335 for English IPAs and such.
I'm staring at both White Labs and Wyeast's sites, and just can't decide on how to get out of my rut. See, I like those strains but I really think I need to try something else, especially for British style beers.
I was thinking of WLP002 for my house English strain, but I don't think I've ever made an English IPA with this strain and wonder if it'll be what I'm looking for.
I used WLP041, pacific ale yeast, in the past and I liked it at moderately low temperatures so that could be another choice for British beers (and some American ones that I want some esters in).
I've been thinking about San Diego Super Yeast (WLP090) since I like WLP001 so much, and I was thinking that would be a good possibility.
What are your experiences? I make mostly IPAs, hoppy ambers, APAs, and a few English beers; then an occasional cream ale or kolsch-style beer, a few stouts, a few American browns. I use and reuse the yeast a few times, to make it more economical.
Otherwise, I order fresh yeast for my lagers and oddball beers.
I use S05 for quite a few beers, but don't like that it's fairly low flocculating for me. I do not like S04 much.
I'm hoping to branch out from my "crutches", as I tend to reach for the same chosen strains over and over and over.
I tend to use WLP001 for American style beers that lean toward hops, Denny's Favorite 50 (Wyeast 1450) for many other American beers, and Wyeast 1335 for English IPAs and such.
I'm staring at both White Labs and Wyeast's sites, and just can't decide on how to get out of my rut. See, I like those strains but I really think I need to try something else, especially for British style beers.
I was thinking of WLP002 for my house English strain, but I don't think I've ever made an English IPA with this strain and wonder if it'll be what I'm looking for.
I used WLP041, pacific ale yeast, in the past and I liked it at moderately low temperatures so that could be another choice for British beers (and some American ones that I want some esters in).
I've been thinking about San Diego Super Yeast (WLP090) since I like WLP001 so much, and I was thinking that would be a good possibility.
What are your experiences? I make mostly IPAs, hoppy ambers, APAs, and a few English beers; then an occasional cream ale or kolsch-style beer, a few stouts, a few American browns. I use and reuse the yeast a few times, to make it more economical.
Otherwise, I order fresh yeast for my lagers and oddball beers.
I use S05 for quite a few beers, but don't like that it's fairly low flocculating for me. I do not like S04 much.