Yeast
California Ale Yeast® — White Labs
White Labs
Spec sheet The maker publishes these figures for this exact product.
- Lab
- White Labs
- Product code
- WLP001
- Form
- liquid
- Type
- ale
- Attenuation
- 73–85 %
- Temperature
- 18–23 °C
- Flocculation
- medium
- Alcohol tolerance
- 10 %
- STA1
- Negative
Description
The Chico strain in a White Labs vial: clean, neutral and forgiving, and the reason so many American pale ales taste of hops rather than yeast. It attenuates further than most brewers expect, so pitch it healthy and let it finish.