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specialty belgian Strains
Core Strains are composed of 68 beer and wine yeast strains including wild yeast and bacteria as well as WLP600 Kombucha SCOBY. These strains are grown year-round with a shipping lead time of 1 to 17 days. The Core Strains are available to professionals, retailers, and homebrewers, with both PurePitch® and Custom Pour packaging for professionals. Homebrew-sized options are packaged in PurePitch® and vial packaging.
White Labs Vault Strains are a collection of specialty strains. The availability for specialty strains from The Vault depends on whether the customer is a homebrewer, professional, or retailer. Homebrewers may place a pre-order on select strains by visiting whitelabs.com/thevault or purchase yeast directly from a retailer that carries The Vault Seasonal Releases. All strains from The Vault are available to professionals with longer lead times and minimum order requirements.
WLP073 Artisanal Country Ale Yeast
Specialty strain from The Vault
Ale
Specialty / Belgian
A classic Bière de Garde strain, it produces slight esters and mild phenols, while preserving the sweet aromatics from the malt bill. This strain...
Attenuation
75% - 80%
Flocculation
Medium to Low
Alcohol Tolerance
Medium - High (8 - 12%)
Optimum Fermentation Temperature
70°F - 82°F
WLP300 Hefeweizen Ale Yeast
Specialty / Belgian
This popular German strain is used in the production of traditional, authentic hefeweizen. It produces a high level of isoamyl acetate, giving the...
Attenuation
72% - 76%
Flocculation
Low
Alcohol Tolerance
Medium (5 - 10%)
Optimum Fermentation Temperature
68°F - 72°F
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WLP320 American Hefeweizen Ale Yeast
Specialty / Belgian
This strain ferments much cleaner than it’s hefeweizen strain counterparts. It produces very slight banana and clove notes and has low flocculation...
Attenuation
70% - 75%
Flocculation
Low
Alcohol Tolerance
Medium (5 - 10%)
Optimum Fermentation Temperature
65°F - 69°F
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WLP351 Bavarian Weizen Yeast
Specialty / Belgian
This is former Yeast Lab W51, the description originally used by Yeast Lab still fits: “This strain produces a classic German-style wheat beer,...
Attenuation
73% - 77%
Flocculation
Low
Alcohol Tolerance
Medium (5 - 10%)
Optimum Fermentation Temperature
66°F - 70°F
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WLP380 Hefeweizen IV Ale Yeast
Specialty / Belgian
This strain produces a balance of phenolics and esters. Nutmeg, clove, and spice are more dominant than the banana and bubble gum aroma. Pitching...
Attenuation
73% - 80%
Flocculation
Low
Alcohol Tolerance
Medium (5 - 10%)
Optimum Fermentation Temperature
66°F - 70°F
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WLP400 Belgian Wit Ale Yeast
Specialty / Belgian
This strain is the pinnacle yeast for Belgian witbiers or white ales. High phenol production contributes an herbal aroma and flavor notes which...
Attenuation
74% - 78%
Flocculation
Medium to Low
Alcohol Tolerance
Medium (5 - 10%)
Optimum Fermentation Temperature
67°F - 74°F
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WLP410 Belgian Wit II Ale Yeast
Specialty / Belgian
A fairly clean strain with medium intensity and spice-like phenol production. With up to 75% attenuation, this strain produces a residual malt...
Attenuation
70% - 75%
Flocculation
Medium to Low
Alcohol Tolerance
Medium (5 - 10%)
Optimum Fermentation Temperature
67°F - 74°F
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WLP500 Monastery Ale Yeast
Specialty / Belgian
Sourced from a Belgian monastery, this strain is ideal for Belgian quads, trippels and dubbels due to its high alcohol tolerance. It produces...
Attenuation
75% - 80%
Flocculation
Medium to Low
Alcohol Tolerance
High (10 - 15%)
Optimum Fermentation Temperature
65°F - 72°F
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WLP510 Bastogne Belgian Ale Yeast
Specialty / Belgian
A high-gravity ale yeast that produces a dry beer with a slightly acidic finish. While fruit forward, this strain is mild on spice-like phenols....
Attenuation
74% - 80%
Flocculation
Medium
Alcohol Tolerance
High (10 - 15%)
Optimum Fermentation Temperature
66°F - 72°F
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WLP515 Antwerp Ale Yeast
Specialty strain from The Vault
Specialty / Belgian
Clean, almost lager like Belgian type ale yeast. Good for Belgian type pales ales and amber ales, or with blends to combine with other Belgian type...
Attenuation
73% - 80%
Flocculation
Medium
Alcohol Tolerance
Medium (5 - 10%)
Optimum Fermentation Temperature
67°F - 70°F
WLP518 Opshaug Farmhouse Yeast
Specialty strain from The Vault
Ale
Specialty / Belgian
Sourced from our friend Lars Marius Garshol, this kveik strain was isolated from a mixed culture which belonged to Harald Opshaug, a farmhouse...
Attenuation
70% - 80%
Flocculation
Medium to High
Alcohol Tolerance
Medium - High (8 - 12%)
Optimum Fermentation Temperature
77°F - 86°F
WLP530 Abbey Ale Yeast
Specialty / Belgian
This is a traditional Belgian abbey strain perfect for use in dubbels, tripels and Belgian strong ales due to its very high alcohol tolerance of up...
Attenuation
75% - 80%
Flocculation
Medium to High
Alcohol Tolerance
High (10 - 15%)
Optimum Fermentation Temperature
66°F - 72°F
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WLP540 Abbey IV Ale Yeast
Specialty / Belgian
This strain produces balanced fruit aroma and flavor characters. It is ideal for abbey-style beers including dubbels, trippels and Belgian strong...
Attenuation
74% - 82%
Flocculation
Medium
Alcohol Tolerance
High (10 - 15%)
Optimum Fermentation Temperature
66°F - 72°F
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WLP545 Belgian Strong Ale Yeast
Specialty / Belgian
From the Ardennes region of Belgium, this classic yeast strain produces moderate levels of ester and phenolic characters, often described as dried...
Attenuation
78% - 85%
Flocculation
Medium
Alcohol Tolerance
High (10 - 15%)
Optimum Fermentation Temperature
66°F - 72°F
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WLP546 Marañón Canyon Wild Cacao
Specialty strain from The Vault
Specialty / Belgian
This yeast was isolated from the thought to be extinct Pure Nacional variety of cacao. In 2007, this rare variety with white beans was rediscovered...
Attenuation
65% - 70%
Flocculation
Low
Alcohol Tolerance
Medium (5 - 10%)
Optimum Fermentation Temperature
65°F - 75°F
WLP550 Belgian Ale Yeast
Specialty / Belgian
This very expressive strain produces phenol forward flavors and aromas reminiscent of clove, allspice and peppercorns. It has medium to high...
Attenuation
78% - 85%
Flocculation
Medium
Alcohol Tolerance
Medium - High (8 - 12%)
Optimum Fermentation Temperature
68°F - 78°F
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WLP564 Leeuwenhoek Saison Yeast Blend
Specialty strain from The Vault
Specialty / Belgian
A blend of two saison strains and a low phenolic Belgian strain, developed for the White Labs in-house saisons. Approximately 85% attenuation...
Attenuation
76% - 82%
Flocculation
Low
Alcohol Tolerance
High (10 - 15%)
Optimum Fermentation Temperature
66°F - 75°F
WLP565 Belgian Saison I Yeast
Specialty / Belgian
A classic saison strain sourced from the Wallonia region of Belgium. This strain makes a classic saison by producing flavors and aromas noted as...
Attenuation
65% - 75%
Flocculation
Medium
Alcohol Tolerance
Medium (5 - 10%)
Optimum Fermentation Temperature
68°F - 75°F
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WLP566 Belgian Saison II Ale Yeast
Specialty / Belgian
This strain is a moderate phenol producer with clove-like flavor and aromatic notes present in finished beer. Some fruit-forward ester production...
Attenuation
78% - 85%
Flocculation
Medium
Alcohol Tolerance
Medium (5 - 10%)
Optimum Fermentation Temperature
68°F - 78°F
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WLP568 Belgian Style Saison Ale Yeast Blend
Specialty / Belgian
This blend incorporates multiple Belgian and saison strains to produce pear-like esters backed by spicy, earthy and clove-like flavors and aromas....
Attenuation
70% - 80%
Flocculation
Medium
Alcohol Tolerance
Medium (5 - 10%)
Optimum Fermentation Temperature
70°F - 80°F
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WLP570 Belgian Golden Ale Yeast
Specialty / Belgian
From East Flanders, this yeast is versatile in that it can produce low to high gravity Belgian beers up to 12% ABV. A combination of fruitiness and...
Attenuation
73% - 78%
Flocculation
Low
Alcohol Tolerance
High (10 - 15%)
Optimum Fermentation Temperature
68°F - 75°F
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WLP575 Belgian Style Ale Yeast Blend
Specialty / Belgian
A blend of two monastery-type yeast strains and one Belgian ale-type yeast. This blend creates a versatile culture which can be used for monastery...
Attenuation
74% - 80%
Flocculation
Medium
Alcohol Tolerance
Medium - High (8 - 12%)
Optimum Fermentation Temperature
68°F - 75°F
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WLP590 French Saison Ale Yeast
Ale
Specialty / Belgian
Wine, Mead and Cider
One of our most popular saison strains, it is great for farmhouse-style beers because it produces flavors and aromas of pear, apple and cracked...
Attenuation
73% - 80%
Flocculation
Medium
Alcohol Tolerance
Medium (5 - 10%)
Optimum Fermentation Temperature
69°F - 75°F
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WLP611 New Nordic Ale Yeast
Specialty strain from The Vault
Specialty / Belgian
Isolated from spontaneously fermented apples on a remote island off the coast of Denmark in the fall of 2009, this culture is a unique blend of...
Attenuation
65% - 75%
Flocculation
Medium to Low
Alcohol Tolerance
Medium (5 - 10%)
Optimum Fermentation Temperature
0°F - 0°F
WLP715 Champagne Yeast
Ale
Specialty / Belgian
Wine, Mead and Cider
Classic yeast that is neutral in character, and a strong fermenter. Great for use in wine, cider and mead allowing the character of the...
Attenuation
75% - 100%
Flocculation
Low
Alcohol Tolerance
Very High (Over 15%)
Optimum Fermentation Temperature
70°F - 75°F
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