Pacman yeast

[dunleav1]

I'm running a little experiment with my Pack o Pacman.

Split my 1500mL starter between a Cream and Blonde Ale. From there Blonde harvest went to a(Levitation-esque) Amber and Cream went to a Brown.

Sunday I'm taking the Amber harvest to the CYBI Dead Guy clone and the Brown to Tasty's "Janet's Brown Ale".

So far the Amber and the Brown are Dry hopping and carbonating respectively and the Blonde and Cream are being guarded while on tap so I can have enough left to bottle for comp.

I'd have to say just from what I've seen this is one aggressively attenuative yeast. I hit 1.006 with my Cream and even with 158F Mash on the Amber still hit 1.012. It Flocs great, the Blonde and Cream are ultra clear and a nice clean neutral flavor that lets the rest of the ingredients come through prominently. All in all I think I'll grab me some more of the Pacman next time my LHBS gets some.

Cheers!

It has made some great hoppy ales. I do want to do a side by side comparison with WLP001 before I commit to a new house yeast. But Pacman has been 2010 house yeast so far.

[Brewmancer]

Yeah I noticed on the Levitation Clone that the bittering seemed to come through a lot more with the Pacman than it did with the WLP002 from a previous brew. I'm going to cold condition it for a week or two to let some of that bitterness drop out and adjust my recipe for the future if I use the Pacman again. (Not sure I will though on that particular one, I miss the estery qualities and additional maltiness of the 002)

-J