What’s your go to brown ale yeast?

Yeast & Fermentation
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I’m going to be brewing my first brown ale soon and was curious as to what everyone’s favorite yeast strain was?

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Wyeast 1028

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I like the English ale yeasts better. Sneezles61

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WLP028 Edinburgh yeast. Although it’s listed as Scottish ale yeast this is one of my favorites for Brown ales and other styles . It’s creates a nice malty beer and your hops are not muted with it. Allowing a nice balance of both. It’s realy one of the best ale yeast out there. It’s works great in alot of different styles and you can never go wrong with it.

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Second this… WLP028 really does make a nice brown ale.

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I like S-04 for my brown ales. But this year I’m on a WY1450 kick and have been using that on everything from a Kvass to Porter to Brown ale to Irish Red, and Pale ale. So far, it’s worked well for everything.

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London Ale III aka Wyeast 1318
“Originating from a traditional London brewery, this yeast has a wonderful malt and hop profile. It is a true top cropping strain with a fruity, very light and softly balanced palate. This strain will finish slightly sweet.”