Whitelabs

[dennisking]

Whitelabs have re-vamped their website. There is a new one in their listing, Manchester, lets hope it's not Boddintons.

 

[fermentall]

would be good if it was Robinsons though :thumb:

 

[Dronfieldbrewer]

I wonder if its Holts or perhaps Thwaites

 

[dennisking]

I wonder if its Holts or perhaps Thwaites

Only ever heard good things about Thwaites.

 

[zgoda]

From the description it doesn't look like Boddington's. Attenuation seems too high and no mention of unique sweet finish.

 

[TheMumbler]

Thwaites is Blackburn not Mancheter, not even in Greater Manchester so it shouldn't be that.

JW Lees maybe?

 

[graysalchemy]

Thwaites is Blackburn not Mancheter, not even in Greater Manchester so it shouldn't be that.

JW Lees maybe?

OH FFS never mention JWL*&s you may as well have said J*hn Sm*ths.

Put me right of my dinner. :lol:

 

[AndyBWood]

Evening All,

I have NEVER had a decent pint of JW Lees EVER.

I have to say, however, that I stopped trying to find one 20 years ago having failed miserably on many occasions.

Has anyone ever come across the elusive enigma that is the drinkable drop of JWL ?

A

 

[dennisking]

Evening All,

I have NEVER had a decent pint of JW Lees EVER.

I have to say, however, that I stopped trying to find one 20 years ago having failed miserably on many occasions.

Has anyone ever come across the elusive enigma that is the drinkable drop of JWL ?

A

As a southerner it was never a beer I tried until about 5 years ago while on holiday in north Wales. Seriously underwhelmed, I normally enjoy a northern pint but this over bitter and tasteless.

 

[Stu]

My missus is from near Oldham (fortunately she saw the light and moved down south to be with me).

When we go out locally, we have a choice of Boddy's or JWL.
And in my experience, northerner's do a better pint.

Outside of Manchester, clearly.

So when at the in-laws, always drink Guinness. Actually, come to think of it, much as it really pains me to say it (both my ex-wife and my current wife both consider themselves from Lancashire), the beer is definitely better on 'tother side of the Pennines. Maybe the odd brew of Thwaites apart (and yes, I used to live in Lancashire).

NB: Even most of the locals avoid JWL which is somewhat worrying.

 

[Dr Mike]

Thwaites is Blackburn not Mancheter, not even in Greater Manchester so it shouldn't be that.

True, but not all of Whitelabs yeast names are that accurate to the exact location. Eg 'Burton Ale' is said to actually be Brakspear from Henley on Thames, 'London Ale' is said to be Worthingtons White Shield and I haven't ever seen Nottingham (formerly East Midlands) linked to an actual brewery in Nottingham.

Whitelabs are primarilly aimed at the US market. I would imagine alot more Americans have heard of Manchester than Blackburn!

 

[AndyBWood]

Sorry - slightly off-piste ( hic ) but....

Have you ever tried JWL lager ??? :shock:

 

[BIGJIM72]

Dennis that list of yeasts has blown my tiny mind

 

[dennisking]

Dennis that list of yeasts has blown my tiny mind

:thumb:

 

[Dr Mike]

Well a bit of Googling suggests that this strain was previously sold back in 2009-2010 but was withdrawn because some homebrewers were getting early flocculation and poor attenuation. Whitelabs said at the time they were working on improving the strain.

Chat at the time seemed to be that this came from 'Newcastle brewery' (as in Newcastle Brown ?) which one American forum poster described as in 'the Manchester area'!

 

[zgoda]

Same for Wyeast and their London Ale 3 (Boddingtons, Manchester), London Ale (Worthington) and Bohemian Lager (Weihenstephan, Germany). I don't want to guess what was the actual process of assigning a name to yeast strain, did they play the dice or maybe draw some kind of cards?

 

[Stu]

Sorry - slightly off-piste ( hic ) but....

Have you ever tried JWL lager ??? :shock:

I wouldn't recommend it. In fact, I'd seriously guard against it.

 

[dennisdk2000]

Going to a course at Hydes Brewery in Salford, wondered if it would be worth pestering anyone for some yeast? Don't think I've ever had one of their pints...

Dennis