Now that its lagering season I plan on retiring my current house yeast (Wyeast American Ale II that i got 5 great batches out of)
Looking for a good lager yeast, preferrably a german strain as i have been getting into some good german lagers
I plan on brewing a Black Lager, Weizenbock and an Oktoberfest. Probably a few others too
Anyone have a suggestion for a good all-around yeast that would work on these?
I use 34/70 dry on my lagers, especially my schwarzbier. I just used Bavarian Lager, Wyeast 2206, and have yet to see how that comes out but I’m expecting it to be better than the dry.
[quote=“bluenotebrewery”]Now that its lagering season I plan on retiring my current house yeast (Wyeast American Ale II that i got 5 great batches out of)
Looking for a good lager yeast, preferrably a german strain as i have been getting into some good german lagers
I plan on brewing a Black Lager, Weizenbock and an Oktoberfest. Probably a few others too
Anyone have a suggestion for a good all-around yeast that would work on these?[/quote]
well, the weizenbock should really use weizen yeast - WL380, WY3068, etc.
For the black lager and oktoberfest, I tend to use WL830 for all my lagers, since I make the whole range, but if I were just making black lager and fest, I would use WL833. Wyeast 2308 would be a good one if you only have Wyeast available.
What did you use the 2206 yeast for? I have a big starter ready and have not formulated a recipe yet. Plan to brew Sunday.
I used WLP300 for primary in my Weizenbock. then I did a true secondary with WLP400. the Wit yeast is barely noticeable.
What did you use the 2206 yeast for? I have a big starter ready and have not formulated a recipe yet. Plan to brew Sunday.[/quote]
Can’t answer for Mvsawyer, but I’ve used 2206 for about a dozen beers in the last two years, everything from light lagers to schwarzbier to maibock to dunkels and a bunch more. Nice strain, but I’ll try something new for my first lager this year, but not sure what.
I don’t use White Labs anymore, but when I did their standard German Lager yeast was amazing. Recently I used Wyeast Pilsener (not the czech) and had great results.
my standard lager yeast is 830. 34/70 is the same strain so you can always keep some dry around for back up emergency.
What did you use the 2206 yeast for? I have a big starter ready and have not formulated a recipe yet. Plan to brew Sunday.[/quote]
Can’t answer for Mvsawyer, but I’ve used 2206 for about a dozen beers in the last two years, everything from light lagers to schwarzbier to maibock to dunkels and a bunch more. Nice strain, but I’ll try something new for my first lager this year, but not sure what.[/quote]
It was a schwarzbier. Kegged it yesterday along with a schwarz that used 34/70. Wasn’t a huge noticeable difference. Although, the yeast would have to impart a big flavor to overwhelm the chocolate, roasty, toastiness.
