Wyeast 1450 - Denny's Favorite 50

[tedon_63126]

Anyone brew with this yeast yet? It looks pretty versatile and good for harvesting the yeast for future brewing of various styles.

http://www.wyeastlab.com/hb_yeaststrain ... cfm?ID=201

[blksabbath]

Yes, if that is the same thing as CL-50 which I believe it is. It used to be available from a yeast bank in Colorado. I have slants of the original, but they are probably dead by now....been at least 5 years since I grew any up.

Anyways, I used it for Denny's famous rye ipa, at least one barleywine with Gary and Doug, a few porters, and probably some others. It's kind of a utilitarian yeast that works for just about every american style, like the Chico yeast. I wouldn't be surprised if the original is a chico yeast derivative.

hope this helps
dan g

[Lynux]

It's a nice yeast but I've had some attenuation issues with it. It made one killer American stout that I'm sad is gone.