Which yeast for my saaz brew?

[Favershambrewer]

Evening all and happy new year.

My first brew of the year is the Greg Hughes saaz. Except I don't have the wyeast 1056 he recommends.

I have s04, s05, nottingham and some gervin gv12.

The brew will be light coloured and I'm aiming for an abv around 4.5. What would you go for?

Simon

 

[mike77]

I think s05 is the same yeast as wyeast 1056 but dry rather than liquid so should be a direct subsitute

 

[Leon103]

It says in the book which other yeasts can be used. Near the beginning in the yeast section.

 

[nbpicklesno2]

This Saaz single hop has been discussed on here before and as far as I remember it, the general consciences was that, it doesn't really work particularly well. Certainly didn't work well for me.

I'm not sure Saaz is good for this type of brew.

 

[Favershambrewer]

Thanks guys. The book lists s33 as an equivalent.

I tried a saaz brew recently, a Saltaire Blonde recipie that was awful at first but got better. I felt it had promise. I'm sort of committed now having the hops and the grain mashing away. In any case if it's rubbish it'll only be 10l of rubbish...

 

[rodabod]

1056 is liquid US-05. I'd stick with the if it were me.

 

[Favershambrewer]

Thanks Rodabod (and Mike). That's what I went with in the end. Brew day went well and my latest concoction is fizzing away in the basement.

 

[clibit]

S33 is very different from 1056. So it's strange the book should give it as an alternative to 2056, especially when US05 is the same yeast strain as 1056.