MJ is also generally cheaper. They must have much smaller profit margin.
Which is why I'm curious about them. Morebeer has 34/70 for $7, not much less than Wyeast at $7.50.
Sure the price looks close at first glance. But when you're talking about shipping liquid yeast vs. dry, the cost per cell that gets to you still viable is another story!
I have used quite a few MJ yeasts.
M84- makes a malty Lager. It attenuates less than I would like. My export lager came out sweet. I didn’t like the sweetness there. My Boston lager clone was very malty and tasty with this yeast.
M76- seems like 34/70. Clean crisp lager. I can’t promise it is 34/70 or not. I have not done a side by side. I have fermented up to 54F with this one. I am fermenting a batch at 58F now to see how that affects taste.
M54- pretty clean crisp lager fermented at 62F. Not as clean as M76.
M44- nice clean ale yeast. I don’t think it is US-05 because there is no peach flavor. It may be same as Bry97. Both have slow lag times. I tried a lager with this one. Not great. I didn’t like the esters. But, works great for APA’s and Ambers.
M36- I like this one for English beers. It is not WLP002. I think it attenuates more and the fruit flavors are a bit different. This is closer to S04 but still not the same. I swear I get an orange marmalade ester from M36. I don’t get that from S04.
One pack of these yeasts are just fine for my 3 gallon batches.