Torrefaction
Well-Known Member
Brewing a "hoppy stout" in a week and need to get my starter going. I have WLP002 (English Ale), WLP005 (British Ale) and WLP095 (Burlington Ale) in the fridge (as well as some safale US-05, but that's my "emergency" yeast in case something goes wrong). I'm doing a side by side split boil: all centennial and all amarillo oatmeal stouts, same grain bill (MO, RB, Chocolate, C-80, oats) bittered to 50-60 IBUs. I don't like them sweet, I do like em dark, roasty and chocolatey, with some apparent hop bitterness. If I'd had time to get out to my LHBS, I'd have used WLP090. Which one would you go with and why? Right now I'm leaning towards 095, since it makes the hops POP. 
