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Date: 23 Aug 2006 21:22:29
From: Melville
Subject: Dry Yeast For Steam Beer
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Can any one recommend a dry yeast variety that could be used to make
steam beer? My LBHS is out of the White Labs S.F. Lager Yeast that I
was planning to use. Since I have to use dry yeast, I would like to
have a nice clean ale yeast so that I can still ferment in the
mid/lower 60s. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
M
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Date: 24 Aug 2006 12:50:58
From: Gerard Eberlein
Subject: Re: Dry Yeast For Steam Beer
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"Melville" <separ@comcast.net > wrote in message
news:1156393349.789877.219300@74g2000cwt.googlegroups.com...
> Can any one recommend a dry yeast variety that could be used to make
> steam beer? My LBHS is out of the White Labs S.F. Lager Yeast that I
> was planning to use. Since I have to use dry yeast, I would like to
> have a nice clean ale yeast so that I can still ferment in the
> mid/lower 60s. Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> M
Danstar Nottingham is good down to 58 degrees I believe and is very neutral
in flavour.
Gerard
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Date: 24 Aug 2006 12:13:22
From: The Artist Formerly Known as Kap'n Salty
Subject: Re: Dry Yeast For Steam Beer
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Gerard Eberlein wrote:
> "Melville" <separ@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:1156393349.789877.219300@74g2000cwt.googlegroups.com...
>
>>Can any one recommend a dry yeast variety that could be used to make
>>steam beer? My LBHS is out of the White Labs S.F. Lager Yeast that I
>>was planning to use. Since I have to use dry yeast, I would like to
>>have a nice clean ale yeast so that I can still ferment in the
>>mid/lower 60s. Any suggestions?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>M
>
> Danstar Nottingham is good down to 58 degrees I believe and is very neutral
> in flavour.
>
> Gerard
>
>
US-56 is even more neutral. It also maintains that neutrality for really
big beers, which Nottingham doesn't (not necessarily a bad thing, of
course). I have used 56 down to 56F -- it can throw diacetyl when used
at cold temps, however, so I usually let the end of the ferm warm up.
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Date: 24 Aug 2006 07:28:12
From: Steve/Aus
Subject: Re: Dry Yeast For Steam Beer
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"Melville" <separ@comcast.net > wrote in message
news:1156393349.789877.219300@74g2000cwt.googlegroups.com...
> Can any one recommend a dry yeast variety that could be used to make
> steam beer? My LBHS is out of the White Labs S.F. Lager Yeast that I
> was planning to use. Since I have to use dry yeast, I would like to
> have a nice clean ale yeast so that I can still ferment in the
> mid/lower 60s. Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> M
Nottingham.
SW
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Date: 24 Aug 2006 20:27:58
From: Andy McKellar
Subject: Re: Dry Yeast For Steam Beer
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Melville wrote:
> Can any one recommend a dry yeast variety that could be used to make
> steam beer? My LBHS is out of the White Labs S.F. Lager Yeast that
> I was planning to use. Since I have to use dry yeast, I would like
> to have a nice clean ale yeast so that I can still ferment in the
> mid/lower 60s. Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> M
>
If you can get it, the Wyeast steam beer yeast is 2112; it's the only
substitute I know of for the White Labs S.F. Lager Yeast.
If you use anything other than a "steam beer" yeast, the result may be a
good beer, but it won't be a steam beer; that said, any good neutral ale
yeast (Wyeast 1056, White Labs WLP001, Safale 56, etc.) can get you
pretty close. Ask yourself, "Am I more interested in flavor or in
adherence to style?"; then, act accordingly.
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-- Andy McKellar
Dallas, TX
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