Kveik is a Norwegian word meaning yeast. In the Norwegian farmhouse tradition, kveik was preserved by drying and passed from generation to generation. Kveik is the original, traditional dried yeast! The LalBrew® Voss strain was obtained from Sigmund Gjernes (Voss, Norway), who has maintained this culture using traditional methods since the 1980s and generously shared it with the wider brewing community. 

LalBrew® Abbaye is an ale yeast of Belgian origin. Selected for its ability to ferment Belgian style beers ranging from low to high alcohol, LalBrew® Abbaye produces the spiciness and fruitiness typical of Belgian and Trappist style ales. When fermented at higher temperatures, typical flavors and aromas include tropical, spicy and banana. At lower temperatures, LalBrew® Abbaye produces darker fruit aromas and flavors of raisin, date, and fig. Traditional styles brewed with this yeast include but are not limited to Belgian White, Belgian Blonde, Belgian Golden, Dubbel, Tripel, and Quad.

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LalBrew® New England is an ale strain selected specifically for its ability to produce a unique fruit forward ester profile desired in East Coast styles of beer. A typical fermentation with LalBrew®  New England will produce tropical and fruity esters, notably stone fruits like peach. Through expression of a β-glucosidase enzyme, LalBrew® New England can promote hop biotransformation and accentuate hop flavor and aroma. LalBrew® New England exhibits medium to high attenuation with medium flocculation, making it a perfect choice for East Coast style ales.

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LalBrew Köln® is ideal for brewing traditional Kölsch-style beers and other neutral ales.  The neutral character of this strain accentuates delicate hop aromas while imparting subtle fruity esters.  Through expression of a beta-glucosidase enzyme LalBrew® Köln can promote hop biotransformation and accentuate hop flavor and aroma. Colder fermentations will be more neutral in character, while warmer fermentations will have more fruit-forward ester profile.

It turns out, the Rangit?kei District is a pretty funky place; it's the origin of Wilding, the first-ever commercial brewers yeast isolated from the New Zealand wilderness. This yeast isolate was collected as a wild mixed culture from an air-trap (nano koelschip). Subtle spice from phenols, fruity banana, pear and apple esters, and a dry lager-like finish that is surprisingly clean. Validated by PCR as: Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. diastaticus.

Named by Dale Gould as a salute to the UK Ska music scene, Rudeboy is a go-getter when it comes to bright ales - or fuller sweeter Hazies thanks to the lower attenuation. This boy is highly flocculant and rather clean, with a neutral profile that nudges mild malt and soft fruit aromatics to the forefront. Rudeboy scrubs up well bright in all sorts from ESBs and Milds, Dark & Amber ales, as well as new and old world IPAs, Pale Ales & Hazies. 

Explore the more delicate of textures and indulge in a spectrum of radiant flavour & aroma. Spectra boasts a more robust attenuation capacity than many of its counterparts, while exhibiting an elegant ester profile and velvety mouthfeel. This prolific strain dances with hops & protein to offer a mesmerising glow in New England IPA’s, while its Old English origins make it a wise choice for amber & dark ales.

Clouds no longer belong solely to the sky. The trendy kid on the block, Vape is our answer to sick-as-hazies. Contributing a restrained but present ester profile and a silky mouthfeel,  Vape clouds-out most when partnered with a high dose of hops and proteins to render the juiciest of NEIPA’s.