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I used WLP005 in a bitter once.
I remember it was still a good choice when compared to WLP002.
It does ferment a little drier, which seemed to help the hop character some, however that does reduced the esters and maltiness a bit.. compared to WLP002.
For an English IPA, it would be a fine yeast to experiment with. Crisper finish would work I think. Just maybe add a little more victory or biscuit malt to your IPA to help hold up the malt flavor with the drier finish.
brewchez wrote:
I have noticed that this yeast performs great right out of the package, but if you pitch slurry from a previous batch, its even better.
What's the process for re-using yeast from previous batches? I've heard this is a great way to save a few bucks, and get better results from the yeast. Can anyone share their technique?
As a newbie, I'm still learning.
Thanks!
Northern Ike wrote:
brewchez wrote:
I have noticed that this yeast performs great right out of the package, but if you pitch slurry from a previous batch, its even better.
What's the process for re-using yeast from previous batches? I've heard this is a great way to save a few bucks, and get better results from the yeast. Can anyone share their technique?
As a newbie, I'm still learning.
Thanks!
The simplest way for me is that I plan my brew day around the racking of a previous beer. As the new wrot chills in the kettle, I'll transfer the beer that was previously brewed on the yeast that I want to reuse to a keg or bottling bucket.
Then I take a completely sanitize jar and scoop about 500ml of yeast slurry from the cake out of the bottom of the empty fermentor. I cover it with foil until I am ready.
The new beer goes into a clean fermentor, gets aerated, then I pitch the 500ml slurry of yeast.
You can be more specific with the amount you pitch but this is the way I do it when I am lazy. It works for me.
The batch I have going now with the 005 is churning like crazy.....granted, there is an awful lot of sugar in this batch, but it's bubbling non stop to the point where I wish I used a blowoff first....and it smells great too! I plan on collecting some yeast slurry from this batch for the future.....
ya i think im going to get the 005 and the Cal ale 001
Not that it helps you know but, later this year I am planning to brew up a 12 gallon batch of English Pale, then break it into several smaller jugs and do a side by side yeast comparison.
I brew alot of beers with Safale-4 or WLP002. But I really want to see how the other handful of yeasts work in my normal process.
I'll surely post those results when I finally get to it, maybe this spring.
i was at the white labs site today and came across these charts to help with yeast and style selection, hopfully someone else will find it useful also.
http://www.whitelabs.com/beer/styles.html
here is the wyeast version
http://www.wyeastlab.com/hb_styleguidelines.cfm
I like the White Labs info better......downloadable PDFs.....
I like those charts too. I want to get the big white labs poster for my brewhouse, but haven't found one yet.
I wish the Wyeast site as a little better organized too.
brewchez, just go to the white labs site and email their people, they will send you the yeast chart free of charge.
i got one from white labs and wyeast, they are really helpful folks.