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Diverse selections amongst the brewers! Interesting. My favorites are 34/70, S-189, OYL-106 in that order. Since I haven't tried the other selections I will consider trying them at some point.
Quote from: denny on July 02, 2021, 01:37:46 pmQuote from: majorvices on July 02, 2021, 11:22:27 amQuote from: denny on July 02, 2021, 09:37:41 amWY2206, hands down.What is it that you like about it? I have used that one a lot in the past. I'm not exactly sure why I got stuck on 2124 but it might be because it was easy to get at YH in bulkI have used 2124 for years in ny Helles and the last few batches, it seemed to stall before getting the the terminal gravity I expected. It does throw a loot of sulfur when fermenting and if I didn't do d diacetyl rest could get that too.I was thinking of 34/70 the next time but will change and use 2206.Good all purpose strain. I started using it for stuff like Ofest and maibock because it makes great malty beers. Then discovered it was great for pils, too. Reliable fermenter and I don't recall it ever throwing diacetyl.Cool. 2124 will def throw diacytle Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Quote from: majorvices on July 02, 2021, 11:22:27 amQuote from: denny on July 02, 2021, 09:37:41 amWY2206, hands down.What is it that you like about it? I have used that one a lot in the past. I'm not exactly sure why I got stuck on 2124 but it might be because it was easy to get at YH in bulkI have used 2124 for years in ny Helles and the last few batches, it seemed to stall before getting the the terminal gravity I expected. It does throw a loot of sulfur when fermenting and if I didn't do d diacetyl rest could get that too.I was thinking of 34/70 the next time but will change and use 2206.Good all purpose strain. I started using it for stuff like Ofest and maibock because it makes great malty beers. Then discovered it was great for pils, too. Reliable fermenter and I don't recall it ever throwing diacetyl.
Quote from: denny on July 02, 2021, 09:37:41 amWY2206, hands down.What is it that you like about it? I have used that one a lot in the past. I'm not exactly sure why I got stuck on 2124 but it might be because it was easy to get at YH in bulk
WY2206, hands down.
I've done several split ferments with S-189 and 34/70 and every time the 189 just didn't taste as good as the 34/70. No big really malty beers, a couple Marzens and I think my chile lager. Same thing when I've split between S-23 and 34/70, the 34/70 always makes the better tasting beer, the differences are pretty subtle but I don't think their imaginary. I haven't figured out how to do a blind taste testing on myself though so it could be confirmation bias.
WL820 (the supposed equivalent to 2206)
Quote from: majorvices on July 05, 2021, 06:58:26 amWL820 (the supposed equivalent to 2206) Oh boy is that ever outdated. WLP820 is more closely related to WLP029 Kolsch than it is to 2206.https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16XRUloO3WXqH9Ixsf5vx2DIKDmrEQJ36tLRBmmya7Jo/edit#gid=1846233287
Quote from: dmtaylor on July 05, 2021, 07:14:06 pmQuote from: majorvices on July 05, 2021, 06:58:26 amWL820 (the supposed equivalent to 2206) Oh boy is that ever outdated. WLP820 is more closely related to WLP029 Kolsch than it is to 2206.https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16XRUloO3WXqH9Ixsf5vx2DIKDmrEQJ36tLRBmmya7Jo/edit#gid=1846233287Blame Jamil and Kristen England.
Quote from: Visor on July 04, 2021, 10:56:22 am I've done several split ferments with S-189 and 34/70 and every time the 189 just didn't taste as good as the 34/70. No big really malty beers, a couple Marzens and I think my chile lager. Same thing when I've split between S-23 and 34/70, the 34/70 always makes the better tasting beer, the differences are pretty subtle but I don't think their imaginary. I haven't figured out how to do a blind taste testing on myself though so it could be confirmation bias.Can you be more specific about "tastes better"?
Quote from: denny on July 04, 2021, 10:59:49 amQuote from: Visor on July 04, 2021, 10:56:22 am I've done several split ferments with S-189 and 34/70 and every time the 189 just didn't taste as good as the 34/70. No big really malty beers, a couple Marzens and I think my chile lager. Same thing when I've split between S-23 and 34/70, the 34/70 always makes the better tasting beer, the differences are pretty subtle but I don't think their imaginary. I haven't figured out how to do a blind taste testing on myself though so it could be confirmation bias.Can you be more specific about "tastes better"? I couldn't find much in the way of tasting notes on these splits, just one that said "can't put a finger on it". Since my last comment I re-sampled a Marzen split with 34/70 & S-23 [~ 4months since bottling] and a Schwarzbier with 34/70 & S-189 [bottled last October]. Both batches are getting long in the tooth but still very drinkable, and in both cases it was difficult to detect much of a difference other than that the S-23 was over carbed, which always seems to happen with that yeast, and the 34/70 Marzen had a bit more & better perceived bitterness, and the 34/70 Schwarz a more substantial mouthfeel - even though the F.G. were identical. My sense of taste isn't as high functioning as it might be, too many years of liberal use of spices in my cooking. I frequently can't tell you specifically why I like or dislike something, especially different beers, but the fact remains that I either do or don't.