Ive used it on multiple generations a few times, but its so easy and fun to capture it from a few Bengal Lancer bottles it does not seem worth the hassle. I go to Sainsburies, buy Bengal Lancer when on offer and shove it in the garage..then, when ready, capture the yeast 4 days before brewday, get it chugging away in a 200ml starter, when fermentation subsides in the starter, whack it into a brew and within 6 hours I have 70 litres of beer off like a train
I have found that its not too wonderful with pale hop bombs as it seems to subdue the big hop flavours. I tend to put a bit of carafa or crystal malt in pales for a bit of maltiness and you can really taste it when used with WLP002, however for the same recipe its almost undetectable with US05 or S04.
If however, you like a bit of malt flavours to your beer, with excellent condition then WLP002 is your yeast. As for bottling, its the doggies danglies...it sticks to the bottom of a bottle like **** to a blanket.
This has to be my most used yeast. If only it was a top cropper it would be perfect
