Imperial Organic A34 Julius

I've been itching to brew, it's been 2 years now, and this sounds amazing. Some pils and vienna, wheat, a metric shit ton of citra and this yeast sounds like a great reintroduction to brewing.

 

A34 used to be called Riverside? They just re-released it under a new more “appealing” name. Some high floccing English Strain? Their names are a bit “cheeky” usually. Some Thames Valley strain? Famous brewery on a River?

 

Hmm. Kinda sounds like you're talking about Fuller's. OTOH, I thought A09 "Pub" was Imperial's Fuller's strain.

 

Wyeast produces a yeast strain they market as Thames Valley II

There seems to be some similarities to A34 (highlighted in bold by me):

STRAIN: 1882-PC

Thames Valley Ale II™

Species: Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Profile: This strain was originally sourced from a now defunct brewery on the banks of the River Thames outside of Oxford, England. Thames Valley II produces crisp, dry beers with a rich malt profile and moderate stone fruit esters. This attenuative strain is also highly flocculent resulting in bright beers not requiring filtration. A thorough diacetyl rest is recommended after fermentation is complete.”

I wonder if A34 is the same as WY1882?

Cheers!

 

It seems like it might be. Especially if A34 was once Riverside. "Julius" is considerably
more marketable these days that's for sure.

I've got some beers going with 1882 right now. Just tasted the first after a day in the keg and got the faintest aroma of diacetyl. I didn't detect it once during fermentation, conditioning, etc. Haven't brewed anything that showed diacetyl in the keg in forever, especially a non dry hopped beer... Didn't do a forced VDK test before cooling as I used my typical procedure for similar high floccing English yeasts.... that was a fail!

Anyone have any idea what the defunct brewery on the Thames that they're referring to is?

 

The old Brakspear, according to legend.

Edit: That might be 1275.

 

Yup, according to the Mr. Malty website:

1275 Thames Valley Ale Henley of Thames (Brakspear Bitter)

Cheers!

 

I remember when this came out, that it was said that Brakspear had a mixed culture pitch, which was(is?) common for British brewery. So 1275 and 1882 were both Brakspear.

I did find one reference.
https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink/to...&share_fid=31504&share_type=t&link_source=app