White Labs Yeast - 060 American Ale Blend
White Labs Yeast - 060 American Ale Blend

White Labs Yeast - 060 American Ale Blend

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Product Information

Our most popular yeast strain is WLP001, California Ale Yeast. This blend celebrates the strengths of California- clean, neutral fermentation, versatile usage, and adds two other strains that belong to the same 'clean/neutral' flavor category. The additional strains create complexity to the finished beer. This blend tastes more lager like than WLP001. Hop flavors and bitterness are accentuated, but not to the extreme of California. Slight sulfur will be produced during fermentation.

Style Performance Listing

A listing of how this style ranks amongst different brew styles, on a scale from 0 to 4.

Style Rating Style Rating
American Style Cream Ale 3 American Style Wheat Ale 3
Fruit Beer 2 Herbs & Spice Beer 3
Specialty Beers 2 Specialty Honey Ales 4
Smoke Flavored Beer 2 Golden Ale Canadian Style Ale 3
German Style Kolsch 2 Classic English Style Pale Ale 2
English Style India Pale Ale 1 American Style Pale Ale 4
American Style India Pale Ale 4 American Style Amber 3
English Style Bitter 2 English Style ESB 2
Scottish Style Ale 2 Irish Style Red Ale 2
English Style Brown Ale 2 American Style Brown Ale 4
German Style Brown and Dusseldorf Altbier 2 Robust Porter 2
Brown Porter 2 Classic Irish Style Dry Stout 2
Foreign Style Stout 2 Sweet Stout 1
Oatmeal Stout 2 English Old Ale English & American Strong Ale 3
Barley Wine Strong Ale 2 Strong Scotch Ale 2
Imperial Stout 2 Imperial IPA 2

Reviews

Feedback and experiences from previous customers. 

“FANTASTIC AMERICAN IPAS- PREFERRED OVER ISOLATED STAINS.”

By: Tim | Date: Nov., 30th 2014 | Beer(s) Brewed: American IPA

 

I have been playing around with WLP 001, WLP 051, WLP 810 and WLP 060 in my brewery. Doing split wort trials of my IPA (1.064, 70 IBU) with these 4 yeasts : the three pure strain yeasts(WLP001,WLP051 and WLP810),and the blend (WLP060) with all other variables controlled as well as possible ( wort, ferment temp, pitch rate, oxygenation, fermenter type) I and everyone who has tasted the beers produced by the three yeasts prefer the WLP 060. Something about the harmony of the three yeasts, the hops shine, there is a a good amount of maltiness and the crisp lager character just make the beer shine. The order of preference has been: 1-WLP060, 2-WLP051, 3-WLP001 and 4-WLP810. One potential drawback to this blend is that overtime the ratio of the 3 strains will likely change due to individual reproductive characteristics of each strain, so its probably not a great house yeast. Highly recommended for an excellent westcoast style IPA.

 

“GREAT YEAST FOR THOSE OF US WHO CAN'T DO REGULAR LAGERS”

By: Carol | Date: Jul., 2nd 2013 | Beer(s) Brewed: German Pils, IPL, ginger cream ale

 

I'm very happy with this yeast! I don't have the ability to ferment at lager temperatures so this yeast is great for me. It's clean with a nice lager flavor in the finished beer. I'm using this yeast from now on for any lager styles. The German Pilsner I made came out great and friends were surprised to find I used this yeast. I made an IPA which had enough of a lager taste for friends to say it was really an IPL. This yeast seems to let both the hops and malt come through. I don't have great temperature control but it doesn't seem to matter with this yeast. Does produce a good amount of sulfur during fermentation and is quite present in the keg initially but does diminish significantly with time.

 

“... EACH BATCH HAS BEEN EXCELLENT”

By: Joe Bellemore, Michigan | Date: Nov., 20th 2012 | Beer(s) Brewed: American IPA , American Imperial Stout

 

For my last brewing session, the trip to the local home-brew shop turned out to be a disappointing one; they were out of California Ale yeast! Having been a chef for numerous years, my system of recipe formulation coincides with beer-making--If it works don't change it. Since I only brew 4-5 times a year I seriously considered canceling my brewing session, but opted to use the American Ale yeast blend instead. After primary fermentation, secondary, dry-hopping, and five days in the bottle, I couldn't wait any longer to try it. It still needs more carbonation but the flavor/aroma profile between hops and malt was phenomenal! Since I am not a big fan of lager beers, I was afraid of how it would affect the finished beer. I am very pleased with the balance of this yeast and can't wait to try the stout when its finished. CHEERS! - To superb yeast and excellent home-brew!

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