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Wife told me today that I am a yeast hoarder.. Till today I had the following yeasts in my bank

Ale

US-05

BRY-97

WY1272

K-97

Nottingham

S-04

Belle Saison

WY1214

WY1388

M21 Belgian Wit

Lager

WY2042 Danish Lager

WY2000 Budvar Lager

W34/70 Yeast

Mauribrew 497 Lager

 

The yeasts I got rid of...

BRY-97 - Clean but very very slow off the mark. US-05 better for heavily hopped and 1272 the best for a medium hopped. 

Nottingham - In the middle of a S-04 and a US-05 for me. Does the job ok but nothing exceptional.

M21 Belgian Wit - Tasted OK but far from the hoegaarden yeast.. easy throw away

W34/70 - Used this yeast a few times but really not a patch compared to the urquell or budvar strain.

Maribrew 497 - Used this twice. Clean but wondering how to use it. Hoppy lager my only thought.

 

What do you guys keep????

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Wow Greeny thats alot of strains you have/did have there. What are you storing them in? I only have a few that i keep in rotation

WLP001 Californian Ale

WLP008 East Coast Ale

WLP300 Hefeweizen

WLP566 Belgian Saison II

Coopers Commercial Ale

Danstars London ESB

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I only keep three strains at a time because they're stored in quart sized mason jars, and I don't brew enough to use any more strains regularly. 

Currently I have on hand 1272, 1469 and 2000 all at various generations. The 1469 is the oldest at around 12 or 13 gens. 

Cheers

Kelsey

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Yeah Greeny,

Thats our of control. I’d probably be looking for a divorce lawyer if I kept that much yeast ha ha ha ha.

I currently only have one saved which is a wyeast 1450. 

Ill be saving a WLP001 from my latest brew but then I’ll try yeast harvesting from starter method after that.

Have a Wyeast 1056 coming next week. 

Captain

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