I picked up an extremely fresh pack of Imperial Yeast A30 Corporate from my LHBS for an IPA I'm making this weekend. I hadn't heard anything about it and couldn't find any information on Imperial's website.
I did a little bit of digging and found this interesting quote about this strain on page 38 of Dick Cantwell's Brewing Eclectic IPAs, "...this is the yeast I used while working for one of my former breweries which has transmogrified into something, well, more corporate than before."
After looking into Dick Cantwell's past I found he was one of the co-owners of Elysian which as we all know was bought by AB a few years back.
So we have a confirmed origin for this strain! Just thought I would put it out there for anyone who is interested.
I did a little bit of digging and found this interesting quote about this strain on page 38 of Dick Cantwell's Brewing Eclectic IPAs, "...this is the yeast I used while working for one of my former breweries which has transmogrified into something, well, more corporate than before."
After looking into Dick Cantwell's past I found he was one of the co-owners of Elysian which as we all know was bought by AB a few years back.
So we have a confirmed origin for this strain! Just thought I would put it out there for anyone who is interested.