Yeast
Scotch Whisky — White Labs
White Labs
Spec sheet The maker publishes these figures for this exact product.
- Lab
- White Labs
- Product code
- WLP045
- Form
- liquid
- Type
- ale
- Attenuation
- 75–80 %
- Temperature
- 22–25 °C
- Flocculation
- medium
- Alcohol tolerance
- 15 %
- STA1
- Positive — diastatic
Description
A Scotch whisky strain in use since the early 1950s, producing the complex ester array a malt wash needs. It carries STA1, which matters far less in a still than in a bottle.