Honestly, if you want a grainy and malty lager on the dryer side, pilsner or helles, I have yet to find a better yeast than Imperial harvest, which is supposed to be the Augustiner strain. It even works at room temperature. But beware of it's hop muting character. Everything not noble will be suppressed, but noble hops come through nicely. Bitterness is also as expected. It just somehow manages to turn expressive c-hops into neutral magnum, don't ask me how this works. I love this yeast!I don't know for sure which ones, but I do sometimes wonder whether the very best lagers are using Augustiner. Easy to find good USA lagers, but not easy to find USA lagers so excellent that they rival those from Germany.
hey folks- wondering if anyone knows some US commercial examples that use the augustiner lager yeast? hopefully a national brewery, or if not something out in the west
thx
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