I was wondering, since I had thought S-04 was the same strain as 1099, but noticed a different effect on the beers produced… is it 1098? And are 1098 and 007 the same strain? Mr. Malty says they are, but I have heard such different things about these strains.
I have never heard that before,but 1098 use to be my #1 English yeast, but recently switched over to 007. Next beer I brew with 007 I will have to keep this in mind
To my tastes it is most similar to WLP007 - IMO it is a little one dimensional compared to WLP007 and WLP002 - lacking some sort of background - I’m not sure how to explain it. Not that it is bad, just WLP007/002 makes English beers that taste more authentic. Anyone else feel this way or am I alone in the woods here?
It makes a good beer but there is something missing, hard to put a finger (tastebud) on, might be the lack of fruit-ish esters?
I agree, hard to pin down what its missing.
I made a lot of bitters with that yeast and they were all very nice beers but Wyeast 1469 is my new house yeast for bitters, that stuff RULES
I tend to agree with you a lot, but on this I must disagree here. 1469 is too hard of a yeast for me to work with, so it is number 1 on my poop list as of this fall
Heck I dig that strain so much, I’ve sent Wyeast emails begging them to make this a year round release. If anyone has a sympathetic ear over there, (hint mr. fav 50) tell them to that yeast back out to the people.
S-04 OTOH, seems to match up w/ 1099 from the specs.
I have had a hard time getting it to finish in the mid 60s,and once I ramped it up to get it to finish it threw off some harsh burnt plastic-ey aromas and flavors. I hat to think the yeast was autolyising with the krausen still floating on top