Post by Ken on Mar 6, 2023 13:11:57 GMT -6
I think this was mentioned here and over on AHA. The yeast was released by CellarScience in a brick and is now available at the homebrew level in a 12g packet. The description...
If you're looking for a cold fermenting yeast with a neutral character, BAJA from CellarScience is the perfect candidate. Originally developed and popularized by the Modelo Group, this Mexican yeast strain will produce clean, crisp lagers and finishes dry. Allowing for the balanced expression of malt and hops, BAJA will become your go-to yeast for fermenting Mexican-style light lagers, dark lagers, and cold IPAs.
I know I mentioned in another thread that if they released WL940 as a dry yeast I would be very happy and this looks to be it. 940 is one of my favorite lager yeast strains so I will probably try this dry version for simplicity. The character is unique at least to me. Years ago when I found Victoria in Mexico (and before it was released here in 2010), I ordered WL940 which at the time was a platinum strain and only available certain times of the year. I took a stab at putting a Victoria recipe together and was amazed to get that same character which clearly came from the yeast. I know that in that same thread I mentioned that they needed to come up with a dry version of Omega Bayern which is supposed to be the Augustiner strain. So now someone needs to produce that one too.
Here's a link to this Baja product... LINK.
If you're looking for a cold fermenting yeast with a neutral character, BAJA from CellarScience is the perfect candidate. Originally developed and popularized by the Modelo Group, this Mexican yeast strain will produce clean, crisp lagers and finishes dry. Allowing for the balanced expression of malt and hops, BAJA will become your go-to yeast for fermenting Mexican-style light lagers, dark lagers, and cold IPAs.
I know I mentioned in another thread that if they released WL940 as a dry yeast I would be very happy and this looks to be it. 940 is one of my favorite lager yeast strains so I will probably try this dry version for simplicity. The character is unique at least to me. Years ago when I found Victoria in Mexico (and before it was released here in 2010), I ordered WL940 which at the time was a platinum strain and only available certain times of the year. I took a stab at putting a Victoria recipe together and was amazed to get that same character which clearly came from the yeast. I know that in that same thread I mentioned that they needed to come up with a dry version of Omega Bayern which is supposed to be the Augustiner strain. So now someone needs to produce that one too.
Here's a link to this Baja product... LINK.
