reVoxAHB
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Anybody used WY2450 Denny's Fav 50?
I grabbed a pack in store at G&G some months ago, MFG. 06JUL09. It was partially (approx. 1/2) swollen at purchase. In fact, of the 6 or so on the shelf, mine was the least swollen where I could still feel the nutrient pack. It's been stored in the bottom of my kegging fridge@4C for some months.. pulled it out yesterday and it was fully swollen; not a chance of smacking.
Pitched around midnight last night.. popped the nutrient pack with a sanitised knife, too.
Smell was quite intense, almost sour. I don't think it was off, but not what I was expecting from the strain.
Denny Conn has this to say from TastyBrew.com:
"I ran across it many years ago from a company called Brewtek, run by Maribeth Raines and now no longer in business. I wanted to get into yeast culturing, so I ordered supplies and a bunch of slants form them. When I tried one called CL-50, I found that it was as clean as my favorite yeasts, very attenuative, and very easy to work with. In addition, it left the beer with a really nice, smooth mouthfeel. I stated keeping a culture of it around and turned N8 and a bunch of other people on to it. N8 used it for a bunch of great beers. When my Rye IPA recipe started getting popular, I encouraged people to seek out this yeast and go to the trouble of building it up from a slant. Brewtek shut down, but another co. CO had samples of the yeast and kept it at least marginally available. At the same time, I started encouraging Dave Logsdon and Wyeast a few years back top make it available. They finally did....."
Just wondering who has used it. What was your experience with the strain? And, can a strain (something that comes from Wyeast) be partially infected or otherwise? I've never known this to be possible yet the packs, clearly none-smacked but all bloated and swollen, did present concern@ purchase.
reVox
I grabbed a pack in store at G&G some months ago, MFG. 06JUL09. It was partially (approx. 1/2) swollen at purchase. In fact, of the 6 or so on the shelf, mine was the least swollen where I could still feel the nutrient pack. It's been stored in the bottom of my kegging fridge@4C for some months.. pulled it out yesterday and it was fully swollen; not a chance of smacking.
Pitched around midnight last night.. popped the nutrient pack with a sanitised knife, too.
Smell was quite intense, almost sour. I don't think it was off, but not what I was expecting from the strain.
Denny Conn has this to say from TastyBrew.com:
"I ran across it many years ago from a company called Brewtek, run by Maribeth Raines and now no longer in business. I wanted to get into yeast culturing, so I ordered supplies and a bunch of slants form them. When I tried one called CL-50, I found that it was as clean as my favorite yeasts, very attenuative, and very easy to work with. In addition, it left the beer with a really nice, smooth mouthfeel. I stated keeping a culture of it around and turned N8 and a bunch of other people on to it. N8 used it for a bunch of great beers. When my Rye IPA recipe started getting popular, I encouraged people to seek out this yeast and go to the trouble of building it up from a slant. Brewtek shut down, but another co. CO had samples of the yeast and kept it at least marginally available. At the same time, I started encouraging Dave Logsdon and Wyeast a few years back top make it available. They finally did....."
Just wondering who has used it. What was your experience with the strain? And, can a strain (something that comes from Wyeast) be partially infected or otherwise? I've never known this to be possible yet the packs, clearly none-smacked but all bloated and swollen, did present concern@ purchase.
reVox