White Labs English Ale Yeast
Just a quick note on WLP002, I think I may have found my new favorite house yeast.
If you ever want to turn a beer in less than two weeks, this is your yeast. I stepped up this yeast one time with a starter, properly aerated with o2, and pitched and it produced a great beer in 4 days. The beer was as clear as any of my ales ever are and it was very drinkable. The beer in question finished at 1012 but tasted of something sweeter. It was not cloying and was quite good.
Even more amazing was the yeast cake. After I racked off into the kegs what was left behind was, quite literally, a solid 2 inches of yeast. It was the consistency of play dough. I was able to pick this up with my fingers and shape it. And when it poured it all came out at once.
I will be harvesting this yeast and using it again.
