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[ncbeerbrewer]

I have a saved slurry of the Pac Man yeast that Wyeast put out Jan-Mar 2010. I brewed an American Pale Ale a month ago and served it at a festival this past weekend. The public response to the this beer was amazing. I had used the Citra hop for flavor and aroma and it showed very well. I am wanting to make this beer probably as a regular rotation. I am interested in finding an available year round Wyeast that I can used that would give similar flavor as the Pacman yeast. My impression is a very clean attenuator with not a whole lot of flavor contribution. I still have the slurry and will be making another batch with this yeast of course too. My thoughts of similar or alternative yeasts would be 1056, 1272, or 2112. Anyone have any opinions on which of these yeasts might be closest to the Pacman? I know I can brew side by side a split 10 gallon batch and compare. I just thought I would ask here see what you all thought. Thanks for the advice!! Cheers

[denny]

I have a saved slurry of the Pac Man yeast that Wyeast put out Jan-Mar 2010. I brewed an American Pale Ale a month ago and served it at a festival this past weekend. The public response to the this beer was amazing. I had used the Citra hop for flavor and aroma and it showed very well. I am wanting to make this beer probably as a regular rotation. I am interested in finding an available year round Wyeast that I can used that would give similar flavor as the Pacman yeast. My impression is a very clean attenuator with not a whole lot of flavor contribution. I still have the slurry and will be making another batch with this yeast of course too. My thoughts of similar or alternative yeasts would be 1056, 1272, or 2112. Anyone have any opinions on which of these yeasts might be closest to the Pacman? I know I can brew side by side a split 10 gallon batch and compare. I just thought I would ask here see what you all thought. Thanks for the advice!! Cheers

1056 or 1450 are the closest. 1272 not so much, 2112 not even in the ballpark.

[ncbeerbrewer]

1056 or 1450 are the closest. 1272 not so much, 2112 not even in the ballpark.

Thanks Denny. I appreciate the advice and also like both of those yeasts a good bit too.

[gumballhead]

I thought Northern Brewer had made Pac-man a Year round yeast now.so far with one packet i've made 10G of SNPA started at 1060ish and finished at 1012we took the pancake off of that which was about 800ML and re pitched it onto a Citra version of the Gumballhead again 10G's. that is going ape crazy right now.the plan is to take that off before we Dry hop and put that onto a lager IPA or Red Ale.around 1070'swhat about US-05 just not as fruity.

[lowendfrequency]

I'm a big fan of pacman, but I usually will sub with 1056 when I have to. I've always wondered though, what about 1332 or WLP041? They are both PNW strains.

[ncbeerbrewer]

I thought Northern Brewer had made Pac-man a Year round yeast now.so far with one packet i've made 10G of SNPA started at 1060ish and finished at 1012we took the pancake off of that which was about 800ML and re pitched it onto a Citra version of the Gumballhead again 10G's. that is going ape crazy right now.the plan is to take that off before we Dry hop and put that onto a lager IPA or Red Ale.around 1070'swhat about US-05 just not as fruity.

US-05 is pretty clean for sure. I will have to do a few test batches and see what I find. I will probably start with 1056. It will be good. Thanks for the suggestions and hope your Pacman Yeast beers turn out great too!!

I'm a big fan of pacman, but I usually will sub with 1056 when I have to. I've always wondered though, what about 1332 or WLP041? They are both PNW strains.

Hmm 1332 never brewed with that before, will have to look into it.

[denny]

I'm a big fan of pacman, but I usually will sub with 1056 when I have to. I've always wondered though, what about 1332 or WLP041? They are both PNW strains.

Don't know about 041, but 1332 is nothing like Pacman.

Edited by denny, 19 May 2010 - 09:30 AM.

[lowendfrequency]

Don't know about 041, but 1332 is nothing like Pacman.

Well, I would say that 041 is similar to 1332, so that would rule it out as well. How would you describe the difference? Attenuation and/or malt profile?

[denny]

Well, I would say that 041 is similar to 1332, so that would rule it out as well. How would you describe the difference? Attenuation and/or malt profile?

1332 has a tartness to it I don't care for. Nowhere near as clean or attenuative as Pacman.

[Calder]

I have a saved slurry of the Pac Man yeast that Wyeast put out Jan-Mar 2010. I brewed an American Pale Ale a month ago and served it at a festival this past weekend. The public response to the this beer was amazing. I had used the Citra hop for flavor and aroma and it showed very well. I am wanting to make this beer probably as a regular rotation. I am interested in finding an available year round Wyeast that I can used that would give similar flavor as the Pacman yeast. My impression is a very clean attenuator with not a whole lot of flavor contribution. I still have the slurry and will be making another batch with this yeast of course too.

Why not just keep propogating this yeast until Wyeast brings it out again. If you make a starter with the slurry, pour off about 8 ozs of the finished starter into a standard bottle, place an airlock on it and keep it in the fridge. Will keep for 6 months easily. Use the rest of the starter for your beer and brew a few others on the subsequent cakes. When that gets exhausted, contaminated, or you feel you have used it enough times, go back and make a new starter out of the yeast you saved in the bottle, and you can get several more generations out of it. Could save it again from that starter.This way you can always keep it on hand, and when available again, replace it with a fresh batch. I do this with every starter I make. It allows me to have a lot of different yeasts available.

[MolBasser]

I thought Pacman was way more estery than 1056/001.And spicy.Maybe I have the wrong yeast in mind, but when I think of Pacman I do not think of "Clean and neutral".....I must be on crack or something.MolBasser