I had been using the chico strain for just about everything, but I'm finding that 007 gives beers a malty, softer edge than the sharp, bright flavors of chico. So I'm jumping in the deep end with 007. I washed the yeast from my Special Bitter, and then pitched it in the Honey Blonde. I'm going to re-pitch this culture for my next 6 batches (outlined here), and see how they turn out. This is a good mix of styles, and will serve as a good test to see if it 007 can replace chico as my go-to house yeast.
If you haven't tried WLP007, I strongly encourage you to. It's an excellent all around yeast.
Interesting. I used 002 for a special bitter recently, and I think 007 is very similar. Thinking about using 002 for all of my pales and IPAs as well. Great idea.
ReplyDeleteYa, 007 is a little cleaner, and a little more attenuative. They both flocculate like a ton of bricks. Firestone Walker uses something similar to 002 for their pales and IPAs, and last time I checked their beers were pretty good ;)
DeleteGreat blog Scott! Spent the past weekend paging through it, picking up some great tips. Have you ever put together a post about your yeast "process" (i.e. how you reuse it, how much you reuse, if you wash it, if so how, etc.)? I have never seen a simple and reliable how to that someone has had great success with. Thanks for all of the great info.
ReplyDeleteIt's on my to-do list, but no, I haven't done one yet.
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