Imperial Yeast

House from Imperial Organic Yeast is truly a versatile strain that works great as, well, a house strain! It is well balanced, allowing both malt and hop character to shine in the finished beer. This yeast is clean all around, but will produce more fruity esters as temperature increases. While it works well on American IPAs and pales, it can be used in a plethora of ales, both British and American. This yeast is highly flocculant and will drop out of solution after fermentation, yielding brilliantly clear beers. A great choice for a house strain in your home brewery!

Independence is an American ale strain that is great for making hop-forward beers! It will produce more fruity esters than a standard, neutral American ale yeast strain. These esters tend to mesh well with hop character, bringing out their full potential. While it can be used in hoppy beers, it can also give a unique character to English ales and stouts, and can work in a range of different ales. Give this one a try next time you are planning on making a hoppy beer!

Fest is just what it's name suggests - a great strain for producing malt-forward festival lagers! Marzens, Oktoberfests, Bocks and more can all be made with this amazing yeast strain! As far as lager strains go, this is one of the most flocculant, and can be used to make clear beers that do not require filtration. It is a strain that will ferment well, leaving beers with a good malt character without being overly sweet. A thorough diacetyl rest is recommended near the end of fermentation to ensure a clean finish.

Ready for a yeast strain that attenuates well and gives you citrusy esters and peppery phenolics? Napoleon is here to conquor your taste buds! This yeast strain, with assumed origins in France, is perfect for French and Belgian style saisons alike! It is also good for many farmhouse style beers. It ferments sugars like they are nothing, even chewing through sugars that most saccharomyces strains would leave alone. This results in a crisp, dry beer that have delicious citrus flavors and aromas. As it is a low flocculating yeast, it may take longer for those strongly fermenting yeast to settle out of suspension and clarify the beer.

Pub yeast is a very highly flocculant British style ale yeast! Because of its high rate of flocculation, it can produce brilliantly clear beers without the need for filtration. It is a favorite of many brewers in the production of British style bitters, but works well in a range of different British style beers, including milds, porters, stouts, and English IPAs. It produces more esters than the more neutral American yeast strains, and should be given a good diacetyl rest. Because it is highly flocculant, it will settle out of solution very quickly. It can be used to churn out clear beers in a very short amount of time!

With a name like "Darkness," you know this strain is going to make great dark beers! It contributes flavor and aromatic notes that match perfectly with roasted and caramel malts, making it ideal for use in the production of stouts, porters, brown and amber ales. In addition to its unique flavor contributions, Darkness is also highly alcohol tolerant, making it a great yeast to use for high gravity beers. A great yeast strain for making Russian Imperial Stouts, Darkness is also great for Irish style ales of all kinds!

Joystick has purported origins from a famous Oregon brewery that has made great use of it...and for good reason! This yeast is highly flocculant, ferments quickly, attenuates well, is very alcohol-tolerant, produces little to no diacetyl, and produces only a mild fruitiness. It can make beers that have a crisp, dry finish with a slight mineral character. It is a great strain to use in the production of just about any style of ale, including IPAs, pale ales, blond ales, ambers, browns, stouts, porters, Scottish and Irish ales...the list goes on! Use the Joystick strain, where any recipe calls for pacman yeast!

Harvest is a great strain for all those really big, malty lagers! Perfect for festbiers such as Bocks, Doppelbocks and Oktoberfests, it also has a lot of characteristics that make it good for lagers of all kinds! It produces low levels of diacetyl and sulfur, producing clean beers every time! Slightly lower attenuation means that this yeast can leave some residual sugars and produces beers with great malt character! Give this a try on your big, malty lagers!

Making a traditional-style German ale? Give Kaiser a try! Kaiser is a clean German ale strain of yeast that will ferment clean, allowing the delicate nuances of the malt character to shine through! Kaiser can be used to make beers with wonderful malt flavor and aroma that mimic traditional German ales.It is a low flocculating yeast that can ferment very vigorously! Expect long clearing times that leave a beer that is clean and crisp, with very low levels of diacetyl. It works well at slightly lower temperatures, and can be used to make wonderful Altbier, Kolsch, and Berliner Weiss.

Triple Double is a great Belgian yeast strain for use in making high gravity Belgian ales of all kinds! Specifically designed for dubbels, trippels and quads, this is actually a very nice strain to use on almost any Belgian beer. Relatively clean for a Belgian strain of yeast, it produces moderate esters with very little phenolics. It is a medium flocculating yeast, and though it may ferment slow at times, tends to clear well if given enough time to drop out of solution.

The most popular lager strain in the world, and for good reason! Global is a great strain all-around, and can be used on almost any lager style. It is clean, with a very low ester profile. Beers fermented with Global shine and stand out! It is good on anything from light German pilsners to rich bock and doppelbock styles. It has lower flocculation chracteristics than other lager strains, which means an extended conditioning phase will help it to clear. However, it also means that yeast will stay in solution slightly longer and help to fully attenuate the beer. Try this one on almost any lager your mind can come up with!

Monastic is a classic abbey strain of Belgian yeast, and as such works well in the production of big abbey ales, such as quads and dark Belgian ales. It will produce the big esters and a high amount of spicy phenolics which are characteristic of traditional Belgian ales and the monk-produced Abbey ales. Great for trappist-style beers as well! As this strain is a lower flocculating strain, expect it to stay in solution for awhile, completing fermentation and giving a distinct dryness to the finished beers.

Whiteout is a great choice of yeast to use when making Belgian style Witbiers, giving you all the characteristics found in classic examples of the style. It produces a nice balance of spicy phenolics and fruity esters that work well in the style. Unique to this yeast strain is a high amount of acidity produced during fermentation, which pairs well with light colored Belgian ales and can accentuate citrus notes when using citrus fruit or skin in the brewing process. It works wonderfully in Belgian style ales in which oats or wheat are used. It can be a vigorous fermenter, so proper headspace in primary is recommended when using this true top-cropping strain.

Cablecar for Imperial Organic Yeast is THE strain for making a California Common! It ferment crisp and clean even up to 65F, producing beers that are very lager-like. Of course, it can also ferment cool, down to 55F. It flocculates well, producing beers that are very clear with little effort. California Common is the style that this strain is most often used on. However, it can also create wonderful pseudo-lagers for those without precise temperatures control.

This yeast is a workhorse! A wide variety of Belgian beer styles are no problem for this yeast strain! Saisons, pales, blondes, golden strongs, dark strongs, singles, dubbles, trippels, quads, Belgian stouts...all of these can be produced with Workhorse. It is clean for a Belgian strain and has a high alcohol tolerance that makes it great for big Belgian beers. Very flocculant as far as Belgian ale strains go, Workhorse is a winner!

This yeast strain from Imperial Organic Yeast is called Gateway, and for good reason! Not only may it serve as your Gateway to brewing a wide array of lager beers, but is also so named because of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, where the assumed origin brewery of this yeast is located (hint hint!). A yeast with strong fermentation characteristics, it is a moderately-flocculating yeast that creates crisp, clean beers every time! While the first beer style that comes to mind with this strain is Pilsner, its cleanliness makes it a great choice for lagers of all kinds.