Brewing Master

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Well, the British Isles are just as close to Continental Europe, but you won’t find many Englishmen who consider themselves European! ;-}

But I find a lot of Englishmen who consider Ireland British Example: Graham Wheeler has a few Irish beer recipes in his book titled: "Brew Your Own British Real Ale". Great book BTW. Gregor

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But I find a lot of Englishmen who consider Ireland British

It’s not up for consideration. ben

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: the only British yeast I have at : hand is Wyeast Irish Ale. : <OTIreland is not Britain or in Britain or part of Britain. : Thanks.</OT But Ireland belongs geographically to the British islands. Learned that much in geography. Ale yeast doesn’t give a damn about politic or religious boarders, no?

Well, the British Isles are just as close to Continental Europe, but you won’t find many Englishmen who consider themselves European! ;-} : I think an Irish ale yeast would be neutral enough to work fine for an : IPA, but I’ve had my best IPA results with Whitelabs California 001. I : think Wyeast has a similar one — 1057?

I use Irish ale yeast for most bitters, stouts and pale ales. It is more neutral than Scottish ale yeast which I also like in pale ales. I don’t use English varieties as they don’t appeal to me in general use. When I want a hoppy session or bitter with little fruitiness, I use Nottingham dry yeast. Very reliable, very clean flavour. Good luck! Kel

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: the only British yeast I have at : hand is Wyeast Irish Ale. : <OTIreland is not Britain or in Britain or part of Britain. : Thanks.</OT

But Ireland belongs geographically to the British islands. Learned that much in geography. Ale yeast doesn’t give a damn about politic or religious boarders, no? : I think an Irish ale yeast would be neutral enough to work fine for an : IPA, but I’ve had my best IPA results with Whitelabs California 001. I : think Wyeast has a similar one — 1057? I guess this is all in the taste of the beholder, because I like yeasts with some fruitiness in my IPA’s. But, my IPA’s are usually very British in Character (ie I use loads of British hops). I’ve had good success with 1968, and more recently I tried 1318 – it’s a fantastic IPA.

English IPAs with English hops (lots of hops! EKG is one of my favourite hops for this purpose) are really one of my favourite beers. I brewed them with WY #1028 and #1968 many times and liked both  yeasts for it. I think the 1084 would be fine.

Think so too. Would have prefered #1968, but don’t have it on stock and I need to brew now, because it _must_ be ready  for drinking by the end of April for the wedding party of a good friend. Will wash the yeast afterwards and repitch it into a stout, I am going to brew a week later. Thanks for the answers! Gregor – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – — Bill

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Fellow brewers, I need to brew an IPA next Saturday but the only British yeast I have at hand is Wyeast Irish Ale. What do you think? Is this yeast ok for an IPA too? I am pretty sure it is, but thought to ask the collective, before pitching… cheers Gregor

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Irish ale yeast is more for stouts and porters, I believe it is moderate attenuation and flocculation.   I suppose it’s not ideal for IPA but shouldn’t be all that bad.  I’d say go for it! ek – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Fellow brewers, I need to brew an IPA next Saturday but the only British yeast I have at hand is Wyeast Irish Ale. What do you think? Is this yeast ok for an IPA too? I am pretty sure it is, but thought to ask the collective, before pitching… cheers Gregor

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the only British yeast I have at hand is Wyeast Irish Ale.

<OTIreland is not Britain or in Britain or part of Britain. Thanks.</OT I think an Irish ale yeast would be neutral enough to work fine for an IPA, but I’ve had my best IPA results with Whitelabs California 001. I think Wyeast has a similar one — 1057? ben

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: the only British yeast I have at : hand is Wyeast Irish Ale. : <OTIreland is not Britain or in Britain or part of Britain. : Thanks.</OT <grin : I think an Irish ale yeast would be neutral enough to work fine for an : IPA, but I’ve had my best IPA results with Whitelabs California 001. I : think Wyeast has a similar one — 1057? I guess this is all in the taste of the beholder, because I like yeasts with some fruitiness in my IPA’s. But, my IPA’s are usually very British in Character (ie I use loads of British hops). I’ve had good success with 1968, and more recently I tried 1318 – it’s a fantastic IPA. I think the 1084 would be fine. — Bill

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