Wilko Gervin Ale Yeast = Danstar Nottingham
Wilko Gervin Ale Yeast = Danstar Nottingham
Hi guys. The Wilkos Gervin Ale Yeast is the same as Danstar Nottingham and is just repackaged. No need to pay 3 times the price any more!
Is Danstar Nottingham any good?
See below from confirmation of this from a Wilkinsons buyer:
" soupdragon wrote:Hi Steve
Can you confirm that Wilko Gervin Ale Yeast is still the same yeast as Danstar Nottingham?
Cheers Tom
Hi Tom.... Yes it is the same thing
Cheers
Steve"
Is Danstar Nottingham any good?
See below from confirmation of this from a Wilkinsons buyer:
" soupdragon wrote:Hi Steve
Can you confirm that Wilko Gervin Ale Yeast is still the same yeast as Danstar Nottingham?
Cheers Tom
Hi Tom.... Yes it is the same thing
Cheers
Steve"
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Re: Wilko Gervin Ale Yeast = Danstar Nottingham
Many micros use it. The answer is "yes".snakepie@hotmail.com wrote:Hi guys. The Wilkos Gervin Ale Yeast is the same as Danstar Nottingham and is just repackaged. No need to pay 3 times the price any more!
Is Danstar Nottingham any good?
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Re: Wilko Gervin Ale Yeast = Danstar Nottingham
+1. It's very good. You can sprinkle it right on top of your wort, it's highly attenuating, highly flocculating, good for cask-conditioning and has a good firm settlement in bottles, so overall, it's extremely handy for homebrewers. The trade-off in my opinion is this: as English ale yeasts go, this one is very neutral, almost like US-05/Chico or a lager yeast. That seems to be what many brewers want, but I still much prefer an old-timey English ale strain which leaves behind a little caramelly, malty sweetness and produces more fruity esters, reminiscent of rising bread dough, etc.Blackaddler wrote:The answer is "yes".
If nothing else, it's definitely worth having several packets in your fridge as a great stand-by.
Re: Wilko Gervin Ale Yeast = Danstar Nottingham
It also attenuates a lot more than most good ale yeasts. That means less sweetness in the beer, especially if you leave the beer on the yeast for a while as many homebrewers do.
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Perhaps this would be useful for re-yeasting jobs like Belguims and RIS for bottling?
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Re: Wilko Gervin Ale Yeast = Danstar Nottingham
Nottingham is very popular for reseeding bottle-fermented beers.jonnyt wrote:Perhaps this would be useful for re-yeasting jobs like Belguims and RIS for bottling?
Although it's relatively alcohol-tolerant, I wouldn't necessarily think it's ideal for really alcoholic Belgians and Imperial Stouts. In those cases, I'd recommend you stick to a fresh reseed of their primary strain, or something with higher alcohol tolerance such as Champagne yeast.
Re: Wilko Gervin Ale Yeast = Danstar Nottingham
Interesting stuff. I've just used Danstar Nottingham for the first time, in a fairly ordinary pale ale OG1047. Pitched with a 3 hour(!) old starter on Saturday 4pm. Was worried that I had a stuck fermentation on Monday evening as the head had almost disappeared, just as I was getting ready to drop it. Was somewhat surprised to see it had reached 1011.
I'm used to taking at least a week to see fermentation get this far. I don't really know whether to leave it 'headless' in a closed fermenter for another few days before casking.
I'm used to taking at least a week to see fermentation get this far. I don't really know whether to leave it 'headless' in a closed fermenter for another few days before casking.
Re: Wilko Gervin Ale Yeast = Danstar Nottingham
Nottingham has its uses but I'm so fed up with it. It seems every beer these days has Nottingham yeast and they're all beginning to blend into eachother. I understand the principle.... But cost cutting should be last resort on the most important ingredient in beer.
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Re: Wilko Gervin Ale Yeast = Danstar Nottingham
The Summerskills Brewery uses Nottingham I believe. They have a nice few tipples.
Southern Brewing
FV 1 (5 gallon): Nothing
FV 2 (5 gallon): Nothing
Commercial: More booze than some local pubs.
Re: Wilko Gervin Ale Yeast = Danstar Nottingham
Not sure if Wilkos is winding down but they have had no Wilkos Gervin for several months now
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Re: Wilko Gervin Ale Yeast = Danstar Nottingham
Nottingham works down close to 52f/11.1c and makes a nice "lager".
I'm just here for the beer.
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Re: Wilko Gervin Ale Yeast = Danstar Nottingham
Wilko stock control has been a disaster for a year or two - one suspects they have no working capital for inventory - and it's always a bit of a miracle that they survive past each quarter day. I can't imagine it will be too long before they go pop.
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Re: Wilko Gervin Ale Yeast = Danstar Nottingham
Wilko has no doubt been a good entry route into the hobby (as Boots would have been years back). A real shame all round.
Re: Wilko Gervin Ale Yeast = Danstar Nottingham
Just for info cross my loof 'midland' yeast is also Nottingham. And indistinguishable from the original imo.
And amazing price too.
https://www.crossmyloofbrew.co.uk/onlin ... p371759031
And amazing price too.
https://www.crossmyloofbrew.co.uk/onlin ... p371759031
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Re: Wilko Gervin Ale Yeast = Danstar Nottingham
And a great bunch of guys. Tried quite a few of their yeasts and not been disappointed yet. And don't forget their hops prices are one of the lowest around if not the lowest. Great selection and no postage unless you're in a mega rushMashBag wrote: ↑Fri Mar 31, 2023 6:48 pmJust for info cross my loof 'midland' yeast is also Nottingham. And indistinguishable from the original imo.
And amazing price too.
https://www.crossmyloofbrew.co.uk/onlin ... p371759031