Lallemand London ESB

[BigPapaG]

Be on the lookout for Lallemand's newest Dry Yeast offering:

London ESB

It ought to be a winner!

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[mashani]

If it's as good of a yeast as Bella or Abbaye, it will become one of my staples.

[BigPapaG]

I like London ESB in general...

So, I suspect it's substantially the same as the popular liquid offerings...

Hence, it should perform equitably.

If I see it locally, I'll probably add one or two to my yeast bank.

Always wanted to try an (East Coast American) IPA with it anyway...

[Jon]

I'm hoping it's like Wyeast 1968--love that yeast!

But considering that S-04 does an ok job of pretending to be an ESB yeast, I'm pretty excited to see what this can do!

[mashani]

I hope that when fermented warm it has better ester profile then S-04, more like actual London ESB.

I know lots of you use Wyeast London ESB at 64 to make clean beer with a more malty profile then S-05 (so do I sometimes), but that's not a real English ESB, and London ESB makes a nice authentic English style beer at 68-72, where S-04 gets a bit weird when warm. So I'm hoping for something more like that, so it's a nice multi-purpose yeast.

[MadBrewer]

I plan on giving the Danstar ESB dry yeast a try. I have an English Bitter on my mind and that would be perfect to try it out in. If it works well, it could be a go to for Porters and Stouts as well. For those I usually end up with S-04 but the only thing I really like S-04 used for is my Ordinary Bitter where the "bready" character goes well with the beer.

Anyone tried this out yet?

[mashani]

I would have tried it already but the only place that I know of that has it is Farmhouse Supplies, but I have Beer-Lord levels of hops in my freezer at the moment, so have not had a reason to order from them.

[Beer-lord]

Farmhouse is a great place to buy hops and everything else (though they are not a homebrew type store like the other guys). Great service and quality.
But, I've stuck by my promise not to buy any new hops until 2017 gets here and use what I have.......which is still alot. Not that size, or in this case, weight, really matters.

[MadBrewer]

Austin Homebrew supply has it as well. I will probably order some up just to have it when I want it. I can see it being hard to come by if it takes off as a great yeast.

[MadBrewer]

I ordered a pack of the Danstar ESB. Not sure what I will try it out in just yet but I wanted to have it on hand for when I do. It will most likely be a Porter or possibly an English Bitter.

I keep bumping this thread, has anyone else tried this one out yet?