SS Minnow Mild Ale

[SiHoltye]

Not to mention the flavour advantages...WLP500...yum. My homebrewed beer tastes are a bit conservative - Ordinary/Best Bitters and Porters usually, but when I did a Belgian I knew all I wanted was the Chimay yeast and it does not disappoint

[Barley Water]

Last night after work, I put a 70/- on tap as my heffe keg floated over the weekend. Anyhow, I fermented that beer with WLP001 at 62F (which is below the recommended fermentation temperature by as much as 5 degrees). The beer came out great, I was very impressed with the neutral flavor of the yeast. Normally when making ales, I am looking for yeast character so WLP001 is not often used by me. I also did a cream ale using the same yeast strain and it will be interesting to see how that comes out, I also fermented that one pretty cold. Unlike the 70/-, the cream ale should come out pretty dry so we will see how the yeast performs at a low temperature. Since I wanted good attenuation on the cream ale, I pretty much handled the whole thing like a lager fermentation, I pitched a massive amount of yeast and I also did a diacetyl rest at the end just to be safe and hopefully dry things out. Oh well, I guess I'll find out this evening since if things go correctly I'll be kegging the stuff after work.