Introducing LalBrew NovaLager™ Premium Yeast Selection for Modern Lager Beer Styles | LallemandLalBrew NovaLager™ is a true bottom fermenting Saccharomyces pastorianus hybrid from a novel lineage that has been selected to produce clean lager beers with distinct flavor characteristics and superior fermentation performance. It is a robust lager yeast strain with ideal brewing properties...www.lallemandbrewing.com
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LalBrew NovaLager™ is a true bottom fermenting Saccharomyces pastorianus hybrid [...] including fast fermentations, high attenuation, and high flocculation. [...] very clean, slight esters over a wide temperature range.
[...] non-GMO breeding methods to obtain a novel Saccharomyces cerevisiae x Saccharomyces eubayanus hybrid strain [...] This strain is a low VDK/diacetyl producer and [...] no hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is produced [...].
Sure seems interesting. I will definitely be giving this a try even though I am generally averse to dry yeasts.
Curious to hear what the yeast nerds have to say
Many more useful links, along with my summation of the things I've read, can be found here:
Another new yeast strain from LallemandAnother new yeast strain from Lallemandwww.homebrewersassociation.org
I like the sound of clean, no hydrogen sulfide, and reduced maturation time.
I would like to see more actual details, such as working temp, attentuation, alcohol tolerance, etc.
The biggest word in that write up that jumps out at me is “biotransformation”. Anywhere we see this word it is usually always associated with NEIPA. Hence the comment in the other thread “but they've already got some recipes on PDF, including not just a friggin' Cold IPA, but a friggin' Hazy Cold IPA.” I’m not a fan but others here will probably love that. Obviously, that probably does not mean the yeast can’t be used for other things.
This just looks like a preliminary write up or a new product announcement. I would like to see more details, and keep an eye on these chat forums and look for any experiments from Brulosophy or others to learn more.
There's a lot of links within links above. In a nutshell: Expect this "lager" yeast to not be real neutral in esters, but includes apple esters, which would be buried in a Cold IPA, but might not be great in a traditional lager. But the advantages here for some will be its fast fermentation (faster than Notty), and reasonably clean even fermented in low 60s F (~17 C), no sulfur, and very low diacetyl.
This sounds like my type of yeast. Clean, fast, good flocculation, able to be fermented at room temperature.
I want a pack! Lallemamand! Hear me out! I'm the product tester you've been looking for!
Interesting thoughts.
You've maybe heard of Escarpment up here in Canada; they made Krispy, which is also supposed to be "lager like":
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The Making of KRISPY 2.0Since its release in 2020, KRISPY has been popular among home and pro brewers for several reasons, but based on feedback we saw some room for improvement. In this blog, we take you through the steps of evolution of KRISPY to KRISPY 2.0, and how we made it the high-attenuating single strain that...
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I've used it several times and it does make a nice clean beer for sure. But at the end of the day, it is not a lager.
Sounds like Novalager might be competing in that same space. It'll be interesting to see if it gets closer.
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