Which yeast?

paulgough · Jan 4, 2013

I'm brewing a Fullers ESB clone this weekend and forgot to order yeast.

My homebrew shop has limited stock.

Which should I go for from the following.

Mauribrew ale yeast
Muntons premium gold beer yeast
Nottingham brewing yeast
Safale S 04
Youngs ale yeast

PD · Jan 4, 2013

S-04 would be my choice...great yeast
Second choice would be Nottingham

RobWalker · Jan 4, 2013

s04 is reliable, but i've not used mauribrew or muntons, so couldn't say 100%...

Sean_Mc · Jan 4, 2013

I had good results with Muntons gold when sent a few free samples, SO4 for me has a same old taste, reliable though.
If It were my choice I'd go with Notty

robsan77 · Jan 4, 2013

For that I'd go notts.

Dave1970 · Jan 4, 2013

I've done an ESB clone with Nottingham before and it came out well....not quite as good as the previous one made with cultured Fullers yeast though. I thought it had a slightly fruitier flavour than the Fullers and the attenuation was higher resulting in a stronger finished beer