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Wyeast | 1450 Denny's Favorite 50 | Beer Yeast | Activator Smack-Pack System™ | 100 Billion Cells

    Description

    • 1450 is a terrific all-round yeast can be used for almost any beer style. A mainstay of one of Wyeast's local homebrewers, Mr. Denny Conn
    • Produces a big mouthfeel and accentuates the malt, caramel, or fruit character of a beer without being sweet or under-attenuated
    • Activator Smack-Pack System™ "proofs" the yeast and shortens lag time when it hits your wort
    • When smacked, the Activator™ packet releases sugars and nutrients to initiate the culture's metabolism
    • Wyeast has been a pioneer in craft brewing for over 35 years and is committed to creating the finest fermentation products available
    • Although beneficial, cultures do not need to be activated prior to inoculation

    This terrific all-round yeast can be used for almost any beer style, and is a mainstay of one of our local homebrewers, Mr. Denny Conn. It is unique in that it produces a big mouthfeel and accentuates the malt, caramel, or fruit character of a beer without being sweet or under-attenuated.

    Attenuation: 74-76%
    Flocculation: Low
    Alcohol Tolerance: 10%
    Optimum Fermentation Temp: 60-70°F
    Cell Count: 100 Billion

    Styles:
    American Amber Ale
    American Brown Ale
    American IPA
    American Pale Ale
    American Stout

    For best results we always recommend ordering an ice pack with your liquid yeast.

    Please Note: When choosing an ice pack option beware that the liquid yeast will not arrive cold even when shipped together. Ice packs and insulated mailing options are designed to keep the yeast colder for longer during shipment, but they will not ensure that your yeast arrives cold. We will not replace liquid yeast that arrives warm. During warmer months we strongly recommend you choose dry yeast.


     

    Wyeast | 1450 Denny's Favorite 50 | Beer Yeast | Activator Smack-Pack System™ | 100 Billion Cells

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        Description

        • 1450 is a terrific all-round yeast can be used for almost any beer style. A mainstay of one of Wyeast's local homebrewers, Mr. Denny Conn
        • Produces a big mouthfeel and accentuates the malt, caramel, or fruit character of a beer without being sweet or under-attenuated
        • Activator Smack-Pack System™ "proofs" the yeast and shortens lag time when it hits your wort
        • When smacked, the Activator™ packet releases sugars and nutrients to initiate the culture's metabolism
        • Wyeast has been a pioneer in craft brewing for over 35 years and is committed to creating the finest fermentation products available
        • Although beneficial, cultures do not need to be activated prior to inoculation

        This terrific all-round yeast can be used for almost any beer style, and is a mainstay of one of our local homebrewers, Mr. Denny Conn. It is unique in that it produces a big mouthfeel and accentuates the malt, caramel, or fruit character of a beer without being sweet or under-attenuated.

        Attenuation: 74-76%
        Flocculation: Low
        Alcohol Tolerance: 10%
        Optimum Fermentation Temp: 60-70°F
        Cell Count: 100 Billion

        Styles:
        American Amber Ale
        American Brown Ale
        American IPA
        American Pale Ale
        American Stout

        For best results we always recommend ordering an ice pack with your liquid yeast.

        Please Note: When choosing an ice pack option beware that the liquid yeast will not arrive cold even when shipped together. Ice packs and insulated mailing options are designed to keep the yeast colder for longer during shipment, but they will not ensure that your yeast arrives cold. We will not replace liquid yeast that arrives warm. During warmer months we strongly recommend you choose dry yeast.


         

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        Customers praised this beer yeast as "excellent" and "versatile," ideal for IPAs, stouts, and ales. It delivers a unique "silky" mouthfeel and enhances hop-forward beers. Some noted vigorous fermentation requiring blow-off tubes. Minor drawbacks: slower start times and occasional off-flavors at higher temps.

        Mouthfeel (positive)Ipas (positive)Beers (positive)Yeast (positive)Flavor (positive)
        • 5 stars: 11 (85%)
        • 4 stars: 2 (15%)
        • 3 stars: 0 (0%)
        • 2 stars: 0 (0%)
        • 1 star: 0 (0%)
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        Valued
        Excellent yeast

        Using Denny’s favorite to make Denny’s BVIP just in time for Christmas

        A
        Aaron
        best in malty beers

        This yeast is obscene in malty beers especially stouts perfect.

        j
        james
        wyeast 1450 yeast

        great all purpose yeast at least it is for me!!1

        N
        Nathan
        Go to yeast!

        One of my go to yeasts. Love using it for anything hop forward!! Especially single hop pales ales/IPA’s.. if you’re a fan of 1056 give this a shot.

        P
        Philip A.
        Great yeast

        I used this in DIPA and it finished out at 1.015/9% ABV. Wasn't boosy in the least bit. Brought it to my HBC tasting and it was huge hit. So far probably my favorite strain to use for IPA's.

        L
        Lin, S.
        Great yeast with unique silk mouthfeel

        I love use this strain to brew my ale especially English ones. When using this yeast I don't have to increase the crystal grain to get the similar results. In fact this one help me to get a 2nd place in Northern English Brown in a homebrew competition held in LA California in 2014.

        C
        Cesar
        This is a lively one!

        I got this yeast to use in a Denny''s RyePA recipe as it looks to be his house strain. Every single Smack-pack for this yeast that was in the fridge felt like it already started to produce CO2. This should have given me an indication of what was to come. 12 hours after pitch the fermentation was really going with kraussen all the way up the neck of the carboy. I had to add a blow-off tube to keep it from clogging up the air-lock. The fermentation kept going at that pace for 5 more days. The beer finished a couple points under what I expected but still a very good beer. This fermentation behavior I've seen on every other brew I ferment with this yeast. Now I know to give it a little more head-room in the fermentation chamber than I think I should and things go fine. It makes really nice IPAs but also ferments clean at lower temperatures.

        M
        Michael C.
        Used for a lot of different brews...

        ...And each has come out great. It starts slower and takes a little more time to clear in my experience but fully attenuates and gives great flavor contribution. Can't go wrong!

        D
        Donald B.
        It is a great yeast!

        I use this yeast for pale and brown ales. It ferments down to a soft almost velvety finish. You can even use it to make an "ale-pilsner." A novice would not know the difference.

        K
        Kyle K.
        Try Swapping Out Your House Yeast

        So versatile! This yeast gets out of the way of hops but leaves a bit more slickness than American ale strains. Its a trooper: use slurry from a previous batch to ferment Imperial IPA RIS or Barleywine.

        J
        John H.
        Bourbon Vanilla Oatmeal Stout is da bonb with this yeast

        Bourbon barrel aged great mouth-feel and awesome flavor

        J
        Jason B.
        good product

        did very well in a dark lager I made..clean dry but fermented on the higher temp end so the beer has a very tiny apple taste to me...like biting just the peel

        N
        Nick R.
        Quirky but Fantastic

        This a fantastic yeast strain but it does have it's quirks. My favorite thing about this yeast strain is the unique mouth feel it imparts in the beer. It's hard to describe but it's unlike any other yeast strain I've used. It somehow gives a "fuller" mouth feel. Hops come through like on the California strains but this one has something special. If you've ever made Denny Conn's BVIP or Rye IPA with another strain remake it with this. It's a huge difference. The one quirk is it tends to take off slowly. I like to make a light beer with it first and then pitch a big beer on to the cake otherwise it can be a bit slow to ferment out. Other than that this is a strain that's definitely worth checking out!

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