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Imperial Yeast | A20 Citrus Ale | Beer Yeast | Double Pitch | 200 Billion Cells

    Description

    • A20 is a “wild” saccharomyces yeast strain known to produce a huge citrus fruit ester profile
    • Produces orange and lemon aromas along with some tropical fruit
    • Double pitch size with a minimum of 200 billion cells—twice the size of the standard yeast pitch
    • Imperial Yeast is a group of hard-working, fermentation fanatics who provide the brewing industry with the highest quality, most effective yeast possible

    A20 Citrus offers up orange and lemon aromas alongside some delicious tropical fruit notes. For a high ester production use Citrus at the high temp range. Because its a wild saccharomyces strain, you will get a bit of funkyness without the uncertainty of a brettanomyces strain.

    Attenuation: 73-75%
    Flocculation: Low
    Alcohol Tolerance: 10% ABV
    Optimum Fermentation Temp: 67-80°F
    Cell Count: 200 Billion
    Similar Strains: WLP644

    Please Note: For best results we Always recommend ordering an Ice Pack with your liquid yeast. Ice Packs can be found below in the "You might Also Need" section.

    Please Note: When choosing an ice pack option beware that the liquid yeast will not arrive cold even when shipped together. Ice packs and insulated mailing options are designed to keep the yeast colder for longer during shipment, but they will not ensure that your yeast arrives cold. We will not replace liquid yeast that arrives warm. During warmer months we strongly recommend you choose dry yeast.

    Imperial Yeast | A20 Citrus Ale | Beer Yeast | Double Pitch | 200 Billion Cells

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      $12.99

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        Description

        • A20 is a “wild” saccharomyces yeast strain known to produce a huge citrus fruit ester profile
        • Produces orange and lemon aromas along with some tropical fruit
        • Double pitch size with a minimum of 200 billion cells—twice the size of the standard yeast pitch
        • Imperial Yeast is a group of hard-working, fermentation fanatics who provide the brewing industry with the highest quality, most effective yeast possible

        A20 Citrus offers up orange and lemon aromas alongside some delicious tropical fruit notes. For a high ester production use Citrus at the high temp range. Because its a wild saccharomyces strain, you will get a bit of funkyness without the uncertainty of a brettanomyces strain.

        Attenuation: 73-75%
        Flocculation: Low
        Alcohol Tolerance: 10% ABV
        Optimum Fermentation Temp: 67-80°F
        Cell Count: 200 Billion
        Similar Strains: WLP644

        Please Note: For best results we Always recommend ordering an Ice Pack with your liquid yeast. Ice Packs can be found below in the "You might Also Need" section.

        Please Note: When choosing an ice pack option beware that the liquid yeast will not arrive cold even when shipped together. Ice packs and insulated mailing options are designed to keep the yeast colder for longer during shipment, but they will not ensure that your yeast arrives cold. We will not replace liquid yeast that arrives warm. During warmer months we strongly recommend you choose dry yeast.

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        Oscar a.

        I was brewing a Thai pale ale with ginger lemon grass and kafir lime leaves and wanted to really get allot more citrus aroma so I used thianyeast and feremented it at about 78-80’degrees and got a whole lot of citrus aroma! Really love how it turned out and I will def order this yeast again wanna try it in NEIPA

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        Peter W.
        Joining the Hype-Wagon

        If you listen to two of my favorite podcasts, you'll have heard respected hobbyists tout the merits of this brand. This is my first time with the brand, my second time with Sacch trois. The give you pitchable amounts, unlike the other guys. The yeast itself lives up to the name.

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        Dan M.

        Quality packaging, arrived quickly. Highly recommend purchasing the ice packs for shipping.

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        Jon M.
        High temp fermentation for fruity IPA.

        I put this yeast through a high temp fermentation and it produced nice, fruity esters - as advertised. It has been bottled and I’m giving it a good month to see how the final product turns out. It had aromas of peaches and oranges so I look forward to the end result.

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        Dustin O
        Great NEIPA yeast

        I have brewed 3 batches of NEIPA with this yeast and I really like the character of the finished beer. Very hazy, huge hop aroma, excellent ester profile. The esters are orange, lemon-lime, and other than that are clean. I have fermented one batch at 64f and another at 68f. I couldn't tell the difference, both were excellent. I kegged after 12 days of fermentation, with the last day ramping up a few degrees, and I would say that the beer is not as dry as the same wort fermented with Saf 05, much rounder and fuller mouth feel.No can problems.

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        Nightbrewer
        Ripped super dry. Low turb

        Tried this on a Belgian Smoked Ale with OG of 1.058. This yeast took 3 weeks at 64F to bring this to a bone ripping dry ale. This yeast contributes to late hop flavors and aromas due to its clean fermentation. I've harvested my yeast from this batch and look forward to using it in other full flavor ales.

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        HippieBrew
        Very Happy

        Put together a simple trial run recipe for this yeast using 10lbs of German Pale Malt and a half lbs of caramel 40. I chose Azacca hops to compliment the tropical characteristics in this yeast's description and it has turned out wonderful; Amarillo would also have been a good choice. I accidentally went a little high on fermentation temps (around 83-84F) and the sourness knocked me back about 4 days into fermentation but now that it's chilled and kegged it's giving me everything I'd hoped for. I will, on purpose, ferment at the same temps again. I bet going even higher would not have any ill effects. Attenuation was right at 81%. It still has some haze but has only had about 4 days cold crash before hitting the keg so we'll see how another week or two cold conditioning affects that aspect.I will be trying more of the different strains of Imperial Organic Yeast!

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        Peyton L
        Love this yeast!

        It is great in IPAs, blonds, and anything you want some nice Tartness.Their "Dryhop" Yeast which s a blend of this and Barbarian is also good.

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        TeamLamb
        Just as described

        After reading about this yeast an alternative to WLP644 I decided to try it out in a "Brett IPA" and I could not be happier with the results! Fermentation started within a few hours and was nice and healthy. After about a month of primary fermentation the yeast had cleaned up the beer nicely and left behind all the great aroma and taste you'd expect from a yeast like this. This is now a go-to yeast for me for brewing similar beers.

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