WLP099 from Wyeast

[TomFogarty]

Has anyone used this yeast before? I checked on their website but I don't see it listed... I'd love to get my hands on a slant to give it the 'ol college try!
According to a few places I've checked, this super high gravity yeast can ferment up to 25% ABV...not that you'd ever need a beer that strong  

[Richard]

hmm... bigger ABV means bigger cell-count... this one's gonna need a monster starter... i.e. a whole beer's yeast-cake, to reach that.

I suspect pushing it above 15% will be a big problem without some serious TLC.

[TomFogarty]

Yeah, one guy said he used a 1 gallon starter at about 1.050 OG... it'd be a project for sure.

For now, I'll have to stick with finishing with wine yeast. Just pitched 3 packs of 1118 into my barley wine. It was already 10% and I added more sugar to bump the gravity from 1.025 to 1.066. Seems to have taken off quite nicely! I think I'm going to have to dry hop the heck out of it to balance the flavour.

[Richard]

Watch out for 1118 above about 12%... bad things happen (congener party in your face).

[TomFogarty]

Oh don't worry. I intended for this to be shenanigans most foul, it will be very much a sipping beer.

[Ian Grant]

Wlp would be white labs not wyeast.  Try the white labs site

[brew]

An interesting strain this one - Tom - if you have this, would be nice to wash it and contribute to the library when you're done. The comments on it seem to be positive...

http://www.whitelabs.com/beer/strains_wlp099.html

[TomFogarty]

My bad haha guess I was looking in the wrong place! Anyone know of a good place to order their products? I'd rather stay away from getting it online, but I'm assuming there's no where local that would carry it.

[Kyle]

try asking Noble Grape

[TomFogarty]

Unfortunately they only deal with Wyeast and White labs is their competitor. No such luck on that front

[Chris Craig]

They have a list of retailers in Canada on their site.  Mostly Ontario though.

http://www.whitelabs.com/stores/canada.html

[Chris Craig]

Perhaps Noble Grape can get you Wyeast 4347.  They claim it has an alcohol tolerance of 21%. http://www.wyeastlab.com/rw_yeaststrain_detail.cfm?ID=52

[HappyHax0r]

Lots of PQ too so he's good. It'd be fine shipping from PQ to here.

I hear WhiteLabs is good yeast, much better than Wyeast

[Chris Craig]

Lots of PQ too so he's good. It'd be fine shipping from PQ to here.

I hear WhiteLabs is good yeast, much better than Wyeast

I call shenanigans. Evidence please.

[jeffsmith]

Jason at Beer Grains Supply ships his White Labs stuff 2-day with Canada Post and includes a cold pack:

http://beergrains.com/store/#ecwid:cate ... rt=nameAsc

If you ask him nicely, he'd likely setup a discount code for the club. I hear he's done if for another club or two.