Your favorite stout yeast

[SaguaroMan]

I was thinking of making a milk stout for one of my next brews (chocolate mint or chocolate raspberry specifically) and was wondering what everybody's favorite yeast to use for stouts is, and why.

I've never brewed one before but have used WLP001 and US05 with good results for my Pale Ales/IPAs. I haven't tried any English strains as of yet though.

Your thoughts?

 

[alane1]

Most English strains will make a nice stout, the only one that didn't come out right for me was a stout made with wyeast 1098. Cheers.

 

[bierotherapeute]

Wy1028or wlp013 is very good for dark beer when you want the roasted flavor to shine.


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[Bassman2003]

I go with the classic, WLP 004 This is awesome yeast for stouts and said to be the Guiness strain.

 

[MaddBaggins]

I go with the classic, WLP 004 This is awesome yeast for stouts and said to be the Guiness strain.

Thats the one I use in my dry stout. I also like 007.

 

[Malticulous]

I use US-05. I mostly make American stouts but it makes a good dry stout too.

 

[MaxStout]

Wyeast 1335, which I used for Yooper's oatmeal stout recipe. Turned out great.

 

[SaguaroMan]

Thanks for the feedback, I have some deciding to do the next few weeks!

 

[ChefRex]

I used WLB004 in todays milk stout.

 

[AnonyBrew]

Wlp002 is my default for stouts.

 

[grathan]

Burton Ale yeast packs quite a punch in stouts.

 

[fatcop]

Wlp003 for accurate Irish stout, S04 for more "American" stout

 

[youngdh]

Wlp003 for accurate Irish stout, S04 for more "American" stout

Wlp003 is a German ale yeast. Did you mean wlp004 Irish Ale?


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[paperairplane]

S04 or S05 are both great and will chew through a big stout wort.

 

[Loodachris]

Pitched US-05 in my Milk Stout last night. Turned out really good the last 2 times so I'm sticking with it for now

 

[MollyHatchet]

I did a milk stout with S04 and was very pleased with the results


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[Natdavis777]

I've always used 1098, but since I have around 40gal of stouts on deck, I might also try 002


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[Dog House Brew]

Wy1450

 

[MrSnacks]

Depends on the stout.
WLP002/WLP005, WY1098, WY1318 works well too. I've heard good things about WY1275.

 

[troglodytes]

+1 for WLP002 for me. Although I plan on giving WLP004 a try on my next one.

 

[Hello]

I love Wyeast 1098.

 

[philosofool]

Wy1028or wlp013 is very good for dark beer when you want the roasted flavor to shine.


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I second this, and I think it would work well in sweet stout because it will emphasize chocolately/coffee character rather than add fruitiness like the Fuller's strain and many other english yeasts. You want some roast in a sweet stout for balance and drinkability.

 

[thesemicullen]

Another vote for US-05. It finishes so clean so I get all the flavors from my grains and hops.

 

[burninator]

Planning to make my first milk stout this weekend, and the guy I'm brewing with (who's done this countless times) swears by S-04 in this style.