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In Focus: French Ale Yeast

WLP072 French Ale
Clean strain that complements malt flavor. Low to moderate esters, when fermentation temperature is below 70F.  Moderate plus ester character over 70F.  Low diacetyl production. Good yeast strain for Biere de Garde, blond, amber, brown ales, and specialty beers
Attenuation: 68-75%
Flocculation: Medium High
Optimum Fermentation Temperature: 63-73°F

MiniFerment data:

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GC Data not available for this strain

Final Gravity: 2.7 P
Hours it takes to get to 50 percent attenuation: 24
Final attenuation: 77.9 percent

Reviews:
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" ... less than three days"
By: msleva
Date: Nov. 28, 2009
Beers brewed: Biere de Garde
Comments: Pitched 600 ml starter into 3 gal. of wort. This yeast was a fast starter and finisher, taking a 1.060 OG down to 1.013 - which is perfect for the style - in less than 3 days.

"Ferments quickly ... "
By: Anton
Date: June 20, 2009
Beers brewed: Biere de Garde Amber and Dark
Comments: Ferments quickly, settles very quickly. Attenuation leaves a bit to be desired. Usually doesn't finish within the "style" parameters even with sugar. Doing a four hour mash at 146-148 with a 5% sugar of the total grist I was able to ferment the beer from a 1.062 to 1.008 in five days doing a starter and dissolving oxygen into the wort before pitching. Ferments vigorously and will get up into the 70s even with an ambient temperature in the low, low 60's.

"I will put it under a microscope ... "
By: cgjwitwe
Date: Feb. 13, 2009
Beers brewed: Bière de Garde
Comments: I was very excited to see this yeast strain finally available and bought five of them. Pitched the first one along with nutrient into a 5-gallon batch and after a day and a half with no apparent activity I added dry yeast to save the batch. I am using a starter this time and once again after 12 hours in the flask there is very little activity. Also despite vigorous shaking I noticed some of the sediment from the tube came out in a big clump. I will put some of it under the microscope tonight to see what I have but at this point I am very disappointed.

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Recipes:


WLP072 French Ale Yeast: Biere de Garde- Artisanal Brewery Version Recipe (Courtesy of “Farmhouse Ales,” Classic Beer Styles Series)

Malt Type                  Color(ASBC)              Grist % by Weight

Pilsener                        1.6                               75.0%

Munich                         14                                15.0%

Special Aromatic          4.5                               5.0%

Amber/Biscuit               20                                1.2%
Caramel Vienna            20                                3.5%

Kiln Black                    500                              0.3%

Bittering Hops: 20-22 IBUs

Suggested Variety: Brewers Gold or Fuggle

Late Hop Addition (last 20-30 min. of boil):

2 oz./US bbl (9 grams/5 gal.)

Suggested Variety: Strisselspalt or Hallertauer

Options: Add up to 8% white sugar (by extract)

Fermentation: White Labs WLP072 French Ale Yeast at 66-68ºF

Secondary Storage: 3-4 weeks at 32-35ºF

Original Gravity: 17ºP (1.072 SG)

Comments: This version uses a variety of specialty malts to yield a greater complexity and depth of malt flavor. Use of White Labs WLP072 French Ale is suggested.

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