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  • Omega Yeast OYL-015 Scottish Ale Liquid Yeast
  • Omega Yeast OYL-015 Scottish Ale Liquid Yeast

Omega Yeast OYL-015 Scottish Ale Liquid Yeast

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Thought to originate from the famous Scottish brewer, the Scottish Ale strain is a flocculent, versatile, reliable house strain that produces neutral to complex and malty profiles in its fairly wide temperature range. Hop character is not muted by this strain. Bring out more esters in higher fermentation temperatures. It flocculates better than West Coast Ale I (OYL-004).

Attenuation: 73-76%

Flocculation: high

Optimum Ferm Temp: 63-75°F - 17-24°C

Alcohol Tolerance: High - 10%

Comparable to WL028 and WY1728

Omega Yeast Labs’ is based in Chicago and their standard is to provide breweries with pitchable quantities of fresh, made-to-order pure yeast.

Founder and CEO Lance Shaner received a Ph.D. in microbiology and molecular genetics from the University of Texas – Houston. Lance has 9 years of laboratory experience, including 5 years of original research on the stress response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (a.k.a. brewer’s yeast). Lance has been an avid homebrewer for 14 years and continues actively homebrewing today.

Check out their website: http://www.omegayeast.com/