2 year old yeast
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 9:29 pm
So I broke out an old bottle of 2 year old yeast I had saved from a big starter. It was wYeast 1469, one of their VSS strains:
Supposedly form Timothy Taylor. It survived. I was fairly impressed. I gave it a cleaning with chlorine dioxide for the first 500 ml step up starter. Then I went with a 4l starter for an SOB. 10 gallons were chugging away nicely when I left home on Saturday morning. Hopefully, it will be a tasty beer.Wyeast 1469 PC West Yorkshire Ale
This strain produces ales with a full chewy malt flavor and character, but finishes dry, producing famously balanced beers. Expect moderate nutty and stone-fruit esters. Best used for the production of cask-conditioned bitters, ESB and mild ales. Reliably flocculent, producing bright beer without filtration.
Attenuation 67-71%
Alc. Tolerance 9%
Flocculation high
Temperature Range 64-72°F (18-22°C)
