I'm looking at re-jigging my bud lime recipe which calls for a Wyeast smack pack. What would be the difference if I used a Safale pack, or a-n-other, instead? Are there any real benefits to the Wyeast packs?
The reason I ask is that they are incredibly expensive IMO and if I'm not doing back to back brews it would make more sense to use a cheaper alternative.
What I don't want to do is compromise on quality or taste. The flavour I got from the German ale Wyeast was what I was shooting for but I was actually meant to be using an American Ale 1056 (which wasn't in stock), it was a random choice going for the German Ale.
Basically would I notice a major change with using something like Safale US05? Is there any real point to going with Wyeast or is it just to have an easy liquid starter in a bag?
The reason I ask is that they are incredibly expensive IMO and if I'm not doing back to back brews it would make more sense to use a cheaper alternative.
What I don't want to do is compromise on quality or taste. The flavour I got from the German ale Wyeast was what I was shooting for but I was actually meant to be using an American Ale 1056 (which wasn't in stock), it was a random choice going for the German Ale.
Basically would I notice a major change with using something like Safale US05? Is there any real point to going with Wyeast or is it just to have an easy liquid starter in a bag?
sorry i've only used Nottingham and Safale us-05
