In the pic you see an activator pack of Wyeast 1318 London Ale III. I made a starter and it will be ready to go for the beer I am making this weekend.
My flavor experiment:
I am completely changing my extra pale ale (ipa?) recipe to use an English Ale yeast instead of the normal American Ale strain (Chico strain). The wyeast 1318 is a top cropping yeast of which I plan to harvest the yeast from the top of the fermentor for several batches. It is also a good flocculating yeast and I hope that it will clump together well at the end of fermentation and leave my beer clear. I am also, getting rid of all caramel malt in my grain bill, this english yeast supposedly finishes "sweet." I don't want any caramel adding to that sweetness. I am going for a very bitter hop bomb, about 5% abv, with American hops and English ale yeast. I'll post the recipe this weekend after brew day.
Until then, can anyone help me come up with a name for this brew?
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