American Pale Ale - Yeast recommendation please.

floydmeddler · Post by **floydmeddler** » Sun Sep 05, 2010 4:28 pm

I'm planning an APA at the minute and trying to decide what yeast to use. I've used S05 recently with rubbish results: It fermented down to 1005 and I had clarity problems.

What yeast is good in that 1. it will allow hop character to come through and 2. it won't ferment below 1010.

Cheers!

floydmeddler · Post by **floydmeddler** » Sun Sep 05, 2010 6:34 pm

Went for WLP001.

Jolum · Post by **Jolum** » Sun Sep 05, 2010 10:17 pm

floydmeddler wrote:I'm planning an APA at the minute and trying to decide what yeast to use. I've used S05 recently with rubbish results: It fermented down to 1005 and I had clarity problems.

That's strange, I used US-05 in a Bishop's Farewell a while back and it behaved itself nicely, lovely hop aroma came through and clear as a bell. I did mash at a slightly higher 69C maybe that's why it fermented out at 1.010. No matter I'm sure you'll have a great brew with the WLP001- I've actually got a vial of it sitting in the fridge that I plan to use in an Amarillo APA, when I can sneak a brew past the missus

yogester · Post by **yogester** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 10:13 am

No brainer. WLP051. Mash 67-68 and ferment at 20C! Great hop character and will finish in the 1010-1012 with some light cara type malts and munich/vienna. Another favourite is Pacman which you can culture from a Rogue Brewery bottle or as WYEAST-1764PC. I am brewing up an American/NZ Pale with Riwaka, Moteuka, and Citra this week with Pacman that I got from brewuk.

BarnsleyBrewer · Post by **BarnsleyBrewer** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 10:15 am

Thow some S-05 in.

schlafsack · Post by **schlafsack** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 11:37 am

Floydmeddler, I don't suppose you tasted your starter (if you made one) before you pitched? I brewed yesterday and my WLP001 starter had a very distinct lemmony and hate to say it almost sour taste. However, I've seen comments elsewhere that this yeast does produce quite a tart acidic starter. At this moment I'm pretty much resigned to a bad batch due to this and a few other mistakes, but you never know.

flything · Post by **flything** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 11:50 am

I've had great results with S-05, but it doesn't go bright without some help (that didn't bother me). Try a higher mash temp?

Edit - think WLP001 is the same yeast.

floydmeddler · Post by **floydmeddler** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 5:36 pm

Cheers all. I've ordered the WLP001 which, I have discovered is the same as S05

Going to mash at around 73c to see if that helps.

Will make a starter and give it a taste schlafsack. Will report here as to whether or not I experience similar to you.

floydmeddler · Post by **floydmeddler** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 5:36 pm

BarnsleyBrewer wrote:Thow some S-05 in.

Seems that this is exactly what I will be doing afterall!

Wolfy · Post by **Wolfy** » Tue Sep 07, 2010 4:45 pm

I've got a Wy1272 starter chilling in the fridge, so that gets my vote.

coatesg · Post by **coatesg** » Tue Sep 07, 2010 5:01 pm

WLP051 would be an alternative - not as attenuative as WLP001. From the Whitelabs site, flocculation looks a little better than WLP001.

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