Hey all. Licked my home brewing wounds and ready to get back at it. I’m going back to simple with a nice medium hoppy pale ale. Thinking about using Chico. Any thought on that strain? Looking for a good forgiving strain. Thanks all and stay safe and drink some
It’s a nice, clean strain… you can’t hide any… oops… I believe Sierra Nevada’s strain…
Sneezles61
Thanks. I’ve used 05 a few times. I think I will pay a few extra bucks and go with the imperial strain. A07 I think it is.
If you haven’t tried yeast saving… Do look that up… It helps to bring the cost of the liquid yeast down… I had some go for 7 batches before it went off flavor…
I use alot of dry yeast now… In fact… 05 in the fermenter now!
Sneezles61
I think I will give that another go. Hope your batch turns out good
They usually do! Thanks!
Sneezles61
Chico is just a nickname for US05, WLP001 and WY1056. All good yeasts. Personally I prefer 1272 for clean ales that drop a little more clear than 1056 but it’s become harder to find locally so 1056 has become my house strain for ales. I had a difficult experience with US05 years ago and can’t even recall what it was now but it made me swear off dry yeast.
If things start getting back to normal this spring… I’ll drive to NB. for wet yeast… I’ve had a few packets show… baked bring in the delivery truck…
Sneezles61
The Chico strain is the Sierra Nevada yeast and they are located in Chico CA. US-05 is really a great yeast I look no further for most of my ales. And yes it can be repiched
I brewed yesterday and re-used my 05 yeast… Happily bubbling along today!
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