German Beer With Dry Yeast

[shepp]

I wondered if anybody has brewed any successful German style brews using dry yeast.
I plan to have some all grain kits made up this week and looking through Greg Hughes 'Home Brew Beer' I can see a lot of German beers I like the look of but no dry alternatives to the yeast he is using.

I am doing his Raspberry Wheat Beer using Danstar Munich Dry Wheat Yeast.
I have so far done five all grain brews and I want to do five more before I venture into the wet stuff.

Cheers :thumb:

 

[serum]

There are plenty of dry wheat beer yeasts and k97 is meant to be decent for alt or kolsch.

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[chub1]

Have done two brews with the 'Crossmyloof' Kolsch yeast,came out nice. Are they a German beer!,don't know, don't drink German beers really.
Will be doing another couple later in the year.:)

 

[marlon]

Had success with Mangrove Jack's M84 dry yeast making a Bavarian lager and then used the trub from that to do an Austrian dark lager. They both ended with a really low FG and turned out fine.

 

[BeerCat]

Have done two brews with the 'Crossmyloof' Kolsch yeast,came out nice. Are they a German beer!,don't know, don't drink German beers really.
Will be doing another couple later in the year.:)

I second that. Would say its very close to a Lager.

 

[chub1]

I second that. Would say its very close to a Lager.

:lol: strangely i called one of mine 'Is It Lager'
Had a couple this afternoon with my lad who thought they were very good:thumb:

 

[MrRook]

S-34/70 is a great dry German lager yeast. I made an alt with K-97 that turned out pretty good.
If you can find it, S-189, while not a German lager yeast, does real good in maltier styles.

 

[Tanzanite]

S-34/70 is a great dry German lager yeast. I made an alt with K-97 that turned out pretty good.
If you can find it, S-189, while not a German lager yeast, does real good in maltier styles.

For a Malty style i use Oktoberfest Marzen yeast WLP820 from White labs its not cheap but perfect for the job. it does not leave too dry a finish it can be harvested and used a few times , i just turn it straight round has i take one batch off i have another batch ready for the yeast cake to go into.:thumb: