NEW DRY YEAST - Danstar ESB Dry

[MyQul]

I spotted this thread over on our sister forum HBT

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=588922

Its seems Danstar have produce a dry version of the fullers strain/WLP002/Wyeast 1969

I dont think it's over here yet though. Unless it gets really bad reviews I'm keen to try it out.

 

[Simonh82]

An interesting development, if nothing else because they seem to be fairly open about what strain it is, without specifically naming Fullers.

I'll probably give it a go too at some point.

 

[chuffer]

Nice. I've had good results so far from danstra notts ale so would be happy to give this a whirl

 

[strange-steve]

I'm a fan of Danstar yeast, good to have another to choose from.

 

[YeastFace]

Would like to give this a go if it become available over here.

 

[Covrich]

I only just spotted this (was away when you posted it)

Will be interested to try it.. so far I am not massively keen on a lot of the dry yeast for English styles and have found so far liquid or cultured varieties have worked a lot better..

 

[MyQul]

I only just spotted this (was away when you posted it)

Will be interested to try it.. so far I am not massively keen on a lot of the dry yeast for English styles and have found so far liquid or cultured varieties have worked a lot better..

MJ Dark ale dry yeast was good but you do need to add some simple sugars to boost the attenuation as it's normall attenuation is only about 65%. I added 10% golden syrup and still only got 71% attenuation. But it turned out to be agreat bitter

 

[geetee]

MJ Dark ale dry yeast was good but you do need to add some simple sugars to boost the attenuation as it's normall attenuation is only about 65%. I added 10% golden syrup and still only got 71% attenuation. But it turned out to be agreat bitter

Just used MJ Dark Ale yeast for a chocolaty centennial Brown ale including about 6% light brown sugar and got 76% attenuation, stopped at 1013* where I had expected about 1015/16.
*I ran a small volume of wort/yeast at 30°C for a few days to gauge the end point as 1013 and left the beer until it got there.

Ale still being cold conditioned before trying it

 

[MyQul]

Just used MJ Dark Ale yeast for a chocolaty centennial Brown ale including about 6% light brown sugar and got 76% attenuation, stopped at 1013* where I had expected about 1015/16.
*I ran a small volume of wort/yeast at 30°C for a few days to gauge the end point as 1013 and left the beer until it got there.

Ale still being cold conditioned before trying it

I've only usedit once but I like this yeast. I think it's called old empire now.

 

[geetee]

I've only usedit once but I like this yeast. I think it's called old empire now.

Yeah looks like it has changed . Used to be M03 Newcastle Dark ale yeast and is now M15 Empire ale, description slightly different but essentially the same yeast I think. They have a great pdf document on their website with lots of yeast specifications for their range.

I have seen M03 referred to being the same as Windsor yeast in some reports

 

[MyQul]

I have seen M03 referred to being the same as Windsor yeast in some reports

M03 flocculates very well, it's very English in that respect but I read that Windsor takes forever to clear (I've not used Windsor). So in all likleyhood theyre not the same

 

[MyQul]

I've been keeping an eye on various forums with threads about this yeast and....

"Just seen a tweet from Lallemand UK saying that it is now available in both 500g and 11g sachets.

So I would expect to see it appearing in all your favourite home brew stores fairly soon." over at jims
http://www.jimsbeerkit.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=76769

 

[MyQul]

Probably not much use to most people because of the minimum P&P but it's available here in the UK now
http://www.brewersselect.co.uk/ingredients/products/lallemand-london-esb-yeast-11g

 

[YeastFace]

I think Murphy and Son (or is it Co.?) will also be stocking it in 11g. Not sure if they have a minimum order but suspect that homebrew shops will follow.

 

[MyQul]

This is now on sale at malt miller

http://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=1939

 

[pitchup]

I have just listed 3 x 11gm of new London ESB Dried yeast for 9.95 post free on EBay with usage notes....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=191991164204&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:GB:1123

Ian

 

[Clint]

Anyone used this? I'm thinking of trying this next in a bitter ..


Cheers

Clint

 

[YeastFace]

Got a packet from Malt Miller yesterday. Going to do an ESB to keg Christmas, if I get the chance to brew.

 

[MyQul]

From the HBT thread the basic characteristic of this yeast are that it has medium attenuation and some mild fruit esters. I think the thread mentions it doesnt flocctuate well either

 

[YeastFace]

Just happened to be reading that. Hopefully it doesn't finish too high.