Industry
Professional Brewery
About Us
Located in downtown San Diego. East Village Brewing Company is an independent brewery committed to wholesome ingredients, sustainability, and community. They believe in the old adage “you are what you eat”. Beer is food, so it is imperative that we only source the highest quality, most wholesome ingredients, using organic whenever possible.
Results
By only sourcing the highest quality, most wholesome ingredients, makes the partnership with White Labs Yeast, the perfect choice for fermentations! Using WLP920 Old Bavarian Lager Yeast as their house strain.
Favorite Yeast
WLP920 Old Bavarian Lager Yeast
The Challenge
Believing in the old adage “you are what you eat”. Beer is food, so it is imperative that we only source the highest quality, most wholesome ingredients, using organic whenever possible. Finding the best ingredients for fermentation possible.
The Solution
From years of experience and trialing yeast strains from Ballast Point's R&D & Homebrew Mart experience, East Village Brewing Company's Aaron Justus chose our WLP920 Old Bavarian Lager Yeast as his house strain. Able to handle different styles and parameters, Aaron tweaks his recipe to accommodate this versatile lager yeast. Originally from Southern Germany, this yeast finishes malty with a slight ester profile.
"In one given year, we played around with over 60+ yeast strains including bacteria and wild yeast. When you're brewing that many beer styles, we were doing 130 different beers. Never really brewed the same beer twice. We kind of knew quickly which yeast strains perform well in different environments."
The Results
We're enthusiastic in East Village Brewing Company finding a house yeast strain that fits their needs of some key points need from their yeast.-
- Predictable Fermentations
- Yeast Available due to scheduling/planning
- Can handle High Alcohol
- Can handle High Bitterness
- Used in Multiple Beer Styles - Lagers, Double IPA, Irish Red
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