Does anyone know if Coopers Dry Ale Yeast is the same yeast the brewery uses or if there is a Wyeast or White Labs equivalent of the yeast used by the brewery?
I’d like to brew something similar to Coopers Best Extra Sparkling Ale.
My recollection is that there is a fair amount of yeast in the bottles that could be cultured, but they aren’t all that easy to find (at least not here).
They are not the same yeasts. Here is a link to more information on the yeasts.
https://www.coopers.com.au/coopers-forum/topic/7290/?page=1
Didn’t get far enough in Coopers site for equivalent yeast information.
there was an article in zymurgy a few months back on that brew. the author cultured from the bottles. I’m not sure you can get the yeast in any other way.
Cool, thank you.
I haven’t tried looking through the back catalog of electronic Zymurgies. I’ll see if I can find the article, thanks.
I guess I’ll keep my eye out for some Coopers, pretty sure I saw their pale ale at Whole Foods once.
You may want to try/consider White Labs WLP009 Australian Ale Yeast. Here’s a link: http://www.whitelabs.com/yeast/wlp009-australian-ale-yeast
I use wlp009 for my sparkling ale.
Only available in the spring though.