WLP001 California Ale Yeast for ipa

[Alimac019]

Hey folks,

I am meant to be brewing an Amarillo IPA tomorrow, doing a malt extract version as all of my primary kit is packed up for moving house.

I ordered a sachet of Safale 05 yeast for this brew and it has not shown up in my order.

I have some White Labs California Ale Yeast in the fridge, do you think this would be an ok alternative?

I can also get my hands on some Safale 04 tomorrow morning if that is also a decent option?

Thanks!

 

[Soton]

The California Ale yeast will be Jim dandy. I've used it a couple of time and it's excellent
https://www.whitelabs.com/yeast-bank/wlp001-california-ale-yeast

 

[Alimac019]

That's good news! I've got one of these liquid pouches that you just slowly warm up and pitch - no solution making to be done. Ever had any experience with these pouches? Any tips? Thanks!

 

[DoctorMick]

That's good news! I've got one of these liquid pouches that you just slowly warm up and pitch - no solution making to be done. Ever had any experience with these pouches? Any tips? Thanks!

What's the manufacture date on it? Even tho they say they don't need a starter they do if they're not fresh.

 

[Soton]

That's good news! I've got one of these liquid pouches that you just slowly warm up and pitch - no solution making to be done. Ever had any experience with these pouches? Any tips? Thanks!

It's always better to make a starter with liquid yeast
You are supposed to make the starter about 3 days before brew day, but on a load of occasions I have made the starter the night before and never noticed any problems with under pitching or slow starts
If you only have time to make a starter the evening before I suggest you really try hard to oxygenate the wort before pitching, give it a good sloshing and splashing before pitch the yeast, better still use oxygen to airate the wort and all should be good
http://howtobrew.com/book/section-1/yeast/preparing-yeast-and-yeast-starters
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The YouTube video is a good guide, just change things around to suit what ever equipment you have at hand, just make sure to keep things sterile as possible

 

[RKi]

Wyeast 1056, WLP001 and US-05 are all the same yeast essentially. Chico strain (Sierra Nevada)