WHATS NEW

Summer Wheat Wort Kit:

With the onset of this warmer weather, we will be putting on our seasonal wheat wort kit from now until the end of the year. The wheat is a classic style wheat beer with a low bitterness hop mixture, golden yellow colour and complex finished mouth feel. Because of its low bitterness, it makes for an easy drinking, refreshing drink for all those long hot summer days. Also, due to its high amount of wheat composition in the grain bill, the Wheat wort kit will give off an extremely creamy, high foaming finishing head. This high amount of wheat also results in a hazy, cloudy appearance, typical to all traditional wheat beers. To really achieve the true flavours and esters of a wheat beer, we recommend in using the White Labs WLP300 Hefeweizen or WLP380 Hefeweizen IV liquid strains. To purchase the Summer Wheat Wort Kit, look in Seasonal Wort Kits in Wort Kits in product categories.

Current White Labs Platinum Liquid Yeast:

WLP351 Bavarian Weizen Yeast:
Former W51 yeast strain, acquired by Dan McConnel. The original description still fits, "a classic German style wheat strain, with  moderately high, phelonic overtones reminiscent of cloves. It also has the following qualities:
Attenuation: 73-77%
Flocculation: Low
Optimum Fermentation Temperature: 18-20 degrees Celsius(65-68 degrees Fahrenheit)
Alcohol Tolerance: Medium

WLP410 Belgian Wit II Ale Yeast:
Less phelonic that WLP400, and more spicy. Will leave a bit more sweetness and is more flocculant than the WLP400. Use to produce Belgian Wit, spiced ales, wheat ales, and specialty beers. It also has the following qualities:
Attenuation: 70-75%
Flocculation: Low to medium
Optimum Fermentation Temperature: 18-22 degrees Celsius(65-68 degrees Fahrenheit)
Alcohol Tolerance: Medium

WLP017 Whitbread Ale Yeast:
Traditional mixed culture yeast. British style character, slightly fruity with some sulfur production. This yeast can be used for many different yeast styles. The most traditional would be English styles including milds, bitters, porters and English stouts. North American styles would also benefit from fermentation from the WLP017 . It also has the following qualities:
Attenuation: 67-73%
Flocculation: High
Optimum Fermentation Temperature: 18-20 degrees Celsius(66-70 degrees Fahrenheit)
Alcohol Tolerance: Medium

WLP850 Copenhagen Lager Yeast:
Clean, crisp, North European Lager yeast. Not as malty as the other European Lager strains. Great for European style pilsners, European style dark lagers, Vienna, and American style Lagers. It also has the following qualities:
Attenuation: 72-78%
Flocculation: Medium
Optimum Fermentation Temperature: 10-12 degrees Celsius(50-55 degrees Fahrenheit)
Alcohol Tolerance: Medium

Fresh Hop Flowers:

The new season hop flower range are now in stock. These are all freshly grown hop flowers from New Zealand and include: Belgian Saaz, Willamette, Cascade, Hallertau and Fuggles. The Belgian Saaz is 7.7%aau, has strong citrus and spicy overtones and would be well suited to bittering and aroma in European ales and Pilsners. The reason it is called "Belgian" Saaz, is because it is specifically grown in New Zealand for a Belgian brewery. The Willamette is 6.1%aau, well balanced and best suited in English style ales and American pale ales. It is very similar to Fuggles, but with some spice, so would work as a great substitute. The Cascade is 8.2%aau, with definitive citrus, spice and floral overtones. Would be best suited in all American style ales as both a bittering and aroma hop. The Hallertau is 7.8%aau, with medium hop aroma qualities so would work great in any style lager. And the Fuggles are 5.8%aau and have strong floral aroma qualities and would be best suited in English ales as both a bittering and an aroma hop. To purchase any of these varieties, look under Hop Flowers in Hops under product categories.