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Post by Ken on Jul 23, 2022 16:27:37 GMT -6
I went to my supplier today and went to the yeast fridge and was like What in Satan's fire? because there was no Wyeast anymore. She said she stopped carrying it. I told her I was looking for 2124 and she handed me Omega German Lager 1. She said it's 2124. The dates were April so she gave me 2 for 1. I am making one more batch with 940 and then retiring it and then I'll make an SNS starter with the 2 packs of this Omega.
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Post by drez on Jul 26, 2022 7:16:52 GMT -6
I have not used that one but I have always had good luck with Omega yeast. I am sure it will be great.
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Post by Ken on Jul 26, 2022 7:29:05 GMT -6
I have not used that one but I have always had good luck with Omega yeast. I am sure it will be great. Thanks Drez. I brought this topic over to AHA and someone mentioned that Omega German Lager 1 IS NOT 2124, which is discouraging. But the descriptors for the yeast contain that classic "the most used lager strain in the world" and the fact that it functions well in a wide range of temps. That sounds like Weihenstephan to me. I'm going to feed it some wort and see what it does. |
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Post by Leftympfrmde on Jul 27, 2022 21:01:23 GMT -6
I went to my supplier today and went to the yeast fridge and was like What in Satan's fire? because there was no Wyeast anymore. She said she stopped carrying it. I told her I was looking for 2124 and she handed me Omega German Lager 1. She said it's 2124. The dates were April so she gave me 2 for 1. I am making one more batch with 940 and then retiring it and then I'll make an SNS starter with the 2 packs of this Omega. Is that OYL-114? |
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Post by Ken on Jul 27, 2022 21:20:54 GMT -6
I went to my supplier today and went to the yeast fridge and was like What in Satan's fire? because there was no Wyeast anymore. She said she stopped carrying it. I told her I was looking for 2124 and she handed me Omega German Lager 1. She said it's 2124. The dates were April so she gave me 2 for 1. I am making one more batch with 940 and then retiring it and then I'll make an SNS starter with the 2 packs of this Omega. Is that OYL-114? Looks to be OYL-106. There is a German Lager 2 by Omega that is supposed to be similar to 2308/838 so maybe that's the OYL114. |
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Post by Leftympfrmde on Jul 28, 2022 4:10:26 GMT -6
Looks to be OYL-106. There is a German Lager 2 by Omega that is supposed to be similar to 2308/838 so maybe that's the OYL114. Got it. Never messed with 106. But have had great success with Omega's lager strains. 114 is my new favorite. Believe it's the Augustiner strain. |
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Post by Ken on Jul 28, 2022 7:25:06 GMT -6
Looks to be OYL-106. There is a German Lager 2 by Omega that is supposed to be similar to 2308/838 so maybe that's the OYL114. Got it. Never messed with 106. But have had great success with Omega's lager strains. 114 is my new favorite. Believe it's the Augustiner strain. Oh duh. I think that's the BAYERN strain, right? I have used it many times and I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that yeast. I'm sure I will brew with it when I'm done with this OYL106 because I pretty much bounce between 940, 2124 and BAYERN. I honestly can't remember another lager strain I have used in the last 3-4 years other than those three. |
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Post by Ken on Aug 8, 2022 10:30:04 GMT -6
I made an SNS starter with these two packs of yeast on Friday. The starter was quiet until Sunday morning which was a nice piece of luck considering the plan was to brew Sunday. Starter was very active and smelled lovely and I pitched it into a non-descript gold lager with Pilsner malt, Copper malt and Spalt Select. I have a bunch of recipes drawn up to use with this yeast... Vienna, Red Lager, another general-purpose gold lager, a festbier, a pilsner, etc. If this yeast is truly more like 830 than 2124 then I'm in for a treat because I do love me some 830 and haven't used it in a loooooooong time. Cheers Beerheads.
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Post by shaggaroo on Aug 8, 2022 14:18:18 GMT -6
I made an SNS starter with these two packs of yeast on Friday. The starter was quiet until Sunday morning which was a nice piece of luck considering the plan was to brew Sunday. Starter was very active and smelled lovely and I pitched it into a non-descript gold lager with Pilsner malt, Copper malt and Spalt Select. I have a bunch of recipes drawn up to use with this yeast... Vienna, Red Lager, another general-purpose gold lager, a festbier, a pilsner, etc. If this yeast is truly more like 830 than 2124 then I'm in for a treat because I do love me some 830 and haven't used it in a loooooooong time. Cheers Beerheads. I'll be interested in seeing how this works out! |
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