Wyeast | 1469 West Yorkshire Ale | Beer Yeast | Activator Smack-Pack System™ | 100 Billion Cells
Wyeast | 1469 West Yorkshire Ale | Beer Yeast | Activator Smack-Pack System™ | 100 Billion Cells
SKU: WY1469
$14.79
SKU: WY1469
$14.79
In my opinion, this is the best yeast to use for any British style beer. It may not be as popular as the other strains or as high attenuating, but it gives the most unique taste to your beer that you will find. I've used it for Bitters and Stouts and wouldn't turn to any other yeast if I was looking for a strictly British beer.
In my opinion this is the best yeast to use for any British style beer. It may not be as popular as the other strains or as high attenuating but it gives the most unique taste to your beer that you will find. I've used it for Bitters and Stouts and wouldn't turn to any other yeast if I was looking for a strictly British beer.
I love Yorkshire ales. Cask Ales to be precise. And this product meets the mark in every aspect of what that means.
I love Yorkshire ales. Cask Ales to be precise. And this product meets the mark in every aspect of what that means.
I used this in conjunction with a MoreBeer Best Bitter kit. Wow! What a great yeast. Layers of complexity which could have only come from the yeast given the simple recipe. Can't wait to make an English Brown Ale or Robust Porter with it. The description is spot on. The finished beer was malty yet dry. I preferred this to Dry English Ale from White Labs.
I used this in conjunction with a MoreBeer Best Bitter kit. Wow! What a great yeast. Layers of complexity which could have only come from the yeast given the simple recipe. Can't wait to make an English Brown Ale or Robust Porter with it. The description is spot on. The finished beer was malty yet dry. I preferred this to Dry English Ale from White Labs.
Very good British yeast - used in an English IPA efficiency was short would have liked to see this yeast chew on something 6%+. Definitely did it’s job flavor great and flocculent. One of few brews you can pour out the bottle and the yeast cake stays tight at the bottom.
Very good British yeast - used in an English IPA, efficiency was short would have liked to see this yeast chew on something 6%+. Definitely did it’s job, flavor great, and flocculent. One of few brews you can pour out the bottle and the yeast cake stays tight at the bottom.
Creates a well-balanced British ale with a crisp finish to balance the malt. Create an ale like those served in pubs throughout the Yorkshire Dales.
Creates a well-balanced British ale with a crisp finish to balance the malt. Create an ale like those served in pubs throughout the Yorkshire Dales.
Best yeast for best bitter
Best yeast for best bitter
I use this yeast for most of my English ales.
I use this yeast for most of my English ales.
More than half the beer I make is strong bitter. I've experimented with many English strains over the years and I've landed on this one. Just about the best British bitter strain out there. In my state's largest and longest running beer comp I have taken 1st in the bitter category three years running using this yeast.As the previous review mentions, the krausen never seems to fall. I've learned to accept that with this strain and begin cold crash when it is at FG. The krausen does fall during cold crash.Provides decent clarity without filtration or gelatin, but I typically use gelatin to get exceptional clarity.
More than half the beer I make is strong bitter. I've experimented with many English strains over the years and I've landed on this one. Just about the best British bitter strain out there. In my state's largest and longest running beer comp I have taken 1st in the bitter category three years running using this yeast. As the previous review mentions the krausen never seems to fall. I've learned to accept that with this strain and begin cold crash when it is at FG. The krausen does fall during cold crash. Provides decent clarity without filtration or gelatin but I typically use gelatin to get exceptional clarity.
I love this stuff. I've brewed many gallons of standard bitter with it, and it produces just enough malty interest to compliment the hops, without being in your face. Can be a little temperamental, but not overly so as long as pitching rates and temperature control are adequate. Krausen never seems to fall with this strain, but I just monitor attenuation and rack out from under when things have finished up.
I love this stuff. I've brewed many gallons of standard bitter with it and it produces just enough malty interest to compliment the hops without being in your face. Can be a little temperamental but not overly so as long as pitching rates and temperature control are adequate. Krausen never seems to fall with this strain but I just monitor attenuation and rack out from under when things have finished up.
Does it finish sweet or dry? The description contradicts itself for Wyeast 1469: "Will finish relatively sweet but clear. ".. "chewy malt flavor and character but finishes dry producing famously balanced beers."
Fairly dry;-). I use it for all my british bitters and it KILLS. Great fruity/malty british character no problems with diacetyl. I'd say the manufacturers description is more accurate. I usually ferment at 66 and then ramp up to 70/72 as soon as fermentation slows. I even harvest this by top cropping the krausen which by the way never really drops.
It will likely finish enroute to your house. I have ordered it many times and the smack pack never makes it without being activated. If I wait to brew the yeast is almost worthless but if I can try to salvage the less than perfect arrival of it I seem to get reasonably dry results. In my case I'm brewing a high gravity IPA that is a clone of a well known recipe. As a result there will always be residual difficult to ferment long chains sugars.
I find it finishes dry. Not as dry as Nottingham dry yeast but clear well-attenuated with residual frutiness.
Accentuates malt flavor medium to medium dry finish