kit yeast

[brewjohn]

just been down the road to Leyland and bought a Colne Valley bitter and a Fixby Gold by Brewpaks. Is the supplied yeast ok or should I ditch them and get something like an SO4 ? I have just done a Wherry and am dissapointed in the yeast as its taking ages to clear in the bottle. many years ago I had a friend who supplied me with Whitbread trophy yeast from the brewery nearby and i swear SO4 behaves in the same manner . Is it the same strain ?

[pauljmuk]

So4 doesn't have much of a flavour profile - very neutral, but it is very tolerant to a lot of things, and been highly recommended in those Wherry's that have been problematic. It also settles to a very manageable jelly like gunk at the bottom making bottling a breeze.

I used it in a Wherry, but it too is taking ages to clear, even with S04, so I suspect it is more to do with proteins, or chill haze than the yeast in the kit.

I do however always change the yeast from kits, but that is just me. Started to use Danstar nottingham more recently - has some flavour to it.

[EoinMag]

I looked it up earlier, S-04 is a whitbread strain.

Oh by the way, I've done a few wherrys with the supplied yeast and all have cleared within two-three days of being in the bottle.

[brewjohn]

Thanks for those two replies,might experiment and do one with a SO4 and another with a Nottingham and get both fermenting at the same time as I need a gallon or two for the end of Sept. Hope I,m not too late

[pauljmuk]

As I have several FV's, I've been meaning to get another Wherry kit, and brew one can in one FV, and the other in the other, but with different yeasts in order to do a test - I'm all for testing - doing so at the moment with two otherwise identical Turbo Ciders, but with differing yeasts.

Would be about the fairest test you can do (ie both starting at same time, same volumes, in the same room temperature, bottled at same time etc)