LalBrew Nottingham High Performance Ale Yeast

Proper British ale yeast

A British ale top-fermenting yeast, ideal for bitters, light ales, IPAs, stouts, amber ales and Christmas ales, etc. It is rated for low temperature fermentation, so no need to use a heat mat. Anything from 25 deg down to 16, but I think 16 would be a bit slow. The one thing about these dried yeasts for the home brew market is that, compared to a commercial brewery's yeast, it does not produce a thick mat on top of the wort. I used to always find a local brewery and beg a jar of their yeast, but many of them these days are reluctant to let you have any. A brewery's active yeast produces a mat a good centimetre or more floating on top, which protects the beer underneath, and makes airlocks unnecessary. This yeast has a thinner mat which has a tendency to fall on the final day, which a commercial brewery yeast does not. However, it's one of the best I've tried that is available for the home brew market, and the finished beer is very good.