Yeasts with kits make a big difference.

[guest5234]

I have brewed Brupaks Fixby Gold several times with the supplied yeast..always good results...I brewed the last one with a Safale 04 english ale yeast and have to say there was a marked improvement in the beer, it tasted exactly like a commercial brew...at a £1 a go I will stick with the safale 04. How can a yeast have that much effect on a brew.?

[steve_flack]

The yeast is very important. People often overlook it but it doesn't just convert sugar to alcohol. It adds hundreds of different chemical compounds to the wort and the balance of those compounds determines much of the flavour of the beer.

[oxford brewer]

The old saying goes that we make the wort and the yeast makes the beer,there are a number of quality dried yeasts strains(and even more liquid ones but thats beyond me ) on the market and they all impart differences to the finished brew.
Its not to say that one yeast is good and another bad,but that different yeast strains suit different beer styles.
Safale-04 is quite a neutral yeast type IMO,it also ferments out nicely and the yeast drops out well(if kegging I will leave it in primary FV for upto 3 weeks and by then its pretty clear).
Danstar Nottingham is another yeast i have had good results with and its ideal for when you might try bottling as the yeast sticks to the bottom of the bottle like the proverbial to the blanket

[guest5234]

The old saying goes that we make the wort and the yeast makes the beer,there are a number of quality dried yeasts strains(and even more liquid ones but thats beyond me ) on the market and they all impart differences to the finished brew.
Its not to say that one yeast is good and another bad,but that different yeast strains suit different beer styles.
Safale-04 is quite a neutral yeast type IMO,it also ferments out nicely and the yeast drops out well(if kegging I will leave it in primary FV for upto 3 weeks and by then its pretty clear).
Danstar Nottingham is another yeast i have had good results with and its ideal for when you might try bottling as the yeast sticks to the bottom of the bottle like the proverbial to the blanket

Might try that one with my next bottled ale

[Chris The Fish]

i too can recommend nottingham yeast, ive used it several times in place of muntons yeast with great results (notably the honey ale im quaffing as we speak!)