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Lellemand American West Coast-experiences/tips?

Discussion in 'Homebrewing' started by Robtobfest, Dec 22, 2014.

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  1. Robtobfest

    Robtobfest Initiate (0) Oct 21, 2009 Connecticut

    pick some of this up today and planning to brew on Friday. I usually use 001 in my pale ales but I'm going to give this one a shot is it a good call bad call? I'd like to hear people's experiences with this used any tips would be helpful
     
    #1 Robtobfest, Dec 22, 2014
  2. GreenKrusty101

    GreenKrusty101 Initiate (0) Dec 4, 2008 Nevada

    #2 GreenKrusty101, Dec 23, 2014
  3. Robtobfest

    Robtobfest Initiate (0) Oct 21, 2009 Connecticut

    Yes. That's it. Thanks for the link. Says it reduce hop bitterness, has anyone noticed this? Should I compensate in beersmith?
     
    #3 Robtobfest, Dec 23, 2014
  4. GreenKrusty101

    GreenKrusty101 Initiate (0) Dec 4, 2008 Nevada

    Drinking an IPA right now that was brewed with BRY-97...plenty bitter
     
    #4 GreenKrusty101, Dec 23, 2014
  5. EskimoDave

    EskimoDave Zealot (670) Dec 2, 2008 Canada (BC)

    i've never been able to make bry-97 to floc.
     
    #5 EskimoDave, Dec 23, 2014
  6. hopfenunmaltz

    hopfenunmaltz Pooh-Bah (2,623) Jun 8, 2005 Michigan
    Pooh-Bah

    Some say that this is the Ballantine ale yeast. The Chico yeast, BRY-96 from Siebel Institute is said to be the Ballantine 'beer' strain.

    Yeast gurus think BRY-97 is the Anchor/WLP-51/Wyeast 1272. Anchor got their ale yeast just after Ballantine closed and the yeast was banked.

    Edit - I am going to rack my Ballantine IPA clone today, used BRY-97 for the first time on this batch. Should be interesting.

    Oh - be prepared for a looonnnggg lag time. It was about 2 days. 1.5 packs/ 5 gallons rehydrated. This dry yeast is known for that.
     
    #6 hopfenunmaltz, Dec 23, 2014
  7. Robtobfest

    Robtobfest Initiate (0) Oct 21, 2009 Connecticut

    Yikes... 2 days....thanks for the heads up!
     
    #7 Robtobfest, Dec 23, 2014
  8. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,363) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
    Society Pooh-Bah

    With a 2 day lag time I can't see this yeast strain being popular with homebrewers.

    Cheers!
     
    #8 JackHorzempa, Dec 23, 2014
  9. GreenKrusty101

    GreenKrusty101 Initiate (0) Dec 4, 2008 Nevada

    and ~1 $ more per sachet!
     
    #9 GreenKrusty101, Dec 23, 2014
  10. pweis909

    pweis909 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,238) Aug 13, 2005 Wisconsin
    Pooh-Bah

    Did not know this. I am drinking an IPA made with 1272 at this very
     
    #10 pweis909, Dec 24, 2014
  11. Robtobfest

    Robtobfest Initiate (0) Oct 21, 2009 Connecticut

    Will doing a starter eliminate the lag time?
     
    #11 Robtobfest, Dec 26, 2014
  12. hopfenunmaltz

    hopfenunmaltz Pooh-Bah (2,623) Jun 8, 2005 Michigan
    Pooh-Bah

    Yes. This may be one dry yeast that is an exception to the rule.
     
    #12 hopfenunmaltz, Dec 26, 2014
  13. Hanglow

    Hanglow Pooh-Bah (2,039) Feb 18, 2012 Scotland
    Pooh-Bah

    I've used it twice and did not notice any excessive lag time, but that was only for about 15l of pale ale with a full, fresh, rehydrated pack. ie overpitching by about 20% or so. There's a homebrew shop here that sells this yeast repackaged in 15g packets as he got a lot of complaints about the lag time and that seems to work better

    It's pretty boring as yeasts go, ie neutral. Was good in both those hoppy pale ales at least and yes it did floc much quicker than us05. You could try nottingham at a restrained temp, it's very fast and flocs even better and is fairly neutral. If you want to stick to a dried yeast to try
     
    #13 Hanglow, Dec 26, 2014
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