Notty yeast for Boddingtons ale clone

[Shanna]

Hi there

Was wondering if anybody would have a vial or two of Nothingham beer yeast.
Was recommended to use it for a Boddingtons ale clone, see http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1357343070/3#3 for details.

Thanks,

Declan

[rukkus]

I have a spare vial of wlp028 if thats any use to you?

[Shanna]

Hi Tube

Can wait for this as there is no mad rush. It will also give me some time to make my stir plate.

Declan

I am trying to revive some, and should have some in a week or so if no-one gets back to you in the meantime.

[Shanna]

Hi David

Thanks for the offer but I think I have put you to enough bother :-)

Declan

I have a spare vial of wlp028 if thats any use to you?

[rukkus]

Its no hassle to pop one in the post monday, you'd have it tuesday and it'd only cost a few cents.

You'd just need to do up a starter for it.

[Shanna]

Ok if you dont mind that wou k d be great, one condition though you pm me your paypal id

Declan

Its no hassle to pop one in the post monday, you'd have it tuesday and it'd only cost a few cents.

You'd just need to do up a starter for it.

[Shanna]

Ah well, Rukkus has promised too send me something. I hope your luck changes with the yeast.

Declan

[Hop Bomb]

If yer stuck send me a vial Il mail you back some fresh notty. Im taking my stout off primary tomorrow so will be washing the yeast & will have loads to spare.

[Hop Bomb]

Did you get this going in the end with the yeast I sent up?

[Shanna]

Hi Hop bomb

Yeast bomb or yeast champagne might be more appropriate!!! I made up the Boddingtons clone recipe last Sunday night. I pitched a starter from the yeast you sent me and I must admit to being a little worried at the time. the starter was very active at first but then seemed to go dormant. The yeast you sent me almost exploded when I opened it and I barely got it over the conical in time. I did a two step starter first in a 500 ml flask and then pitched the 500 ml in to 1500 ml of malt extract. This took around 4 days after which timed I added the 2000 ml starter to my wort. There was a real strong krausen on the beer for two days with a very vigorous fermentation and then the krausen died off and the fermentation slowed right down. The og was approx 1.046 and fg this evening was 1.010. I will check it again tomorrow and if it's the same will bottle it on Sunday.

Thanks for the yeast. I look forward to harvesting it and adding it to.the yeast I have.

Decla

[Hop Bomb]

Post Man must have ran to your place with it in his pocket haha. Sounds like it did the job anyway.

[Shanna]

Hi Hop Bomb,

I could not believe how quickly it fermented with the starter that I made up. The way that this yeast behaved was not like any other yeast that I had used before. It clumped up in the bottom of the starter so I was failrly apprehensive about using. However it smelt really fruity and the gravity had dropped as expected so I went ahead with it. Too early to say how the beer will turn out as it will need another few weeks yet. I will keep you posted about how it turned out.

Thanks,

Shanna