Munton and Fison Ale yeast

[MadMasher]

Has anyone used this? All my ferments using baker's yeast stalled and I'm tired of trying to keep them warm so I went to the LHBS and this was the cheapest ale yeast. Also got some red star wine yeasts.

Seems the beer forums dislike it. We'll see in a week or so...

[pounsfos]

I have switched to ale yeasts before with mixed results

some people love them, some people hate them

now that I have a better way of heating my washs (fish tank element) (or putting them in an old chest freezer with a heater)
I have no need to play around with yeasts

But it is good to see you trying different things, I do not know how cold it is over your side of the world but you may still have to put some type of heat on, even for an ale yeast

I would also ask the feller at the homebrew store, if the yeast don't work can you get a refund (always proof the yeast by making a starter)

[aj2456]

for beer i agree with the forums that it can be a bit too english (musty fruity flavours)- especially if fermented too warm, no idea what it will be like after stilling though

[MadMasher]

It has started just very slow in my ujsm. I read it doesn't do too well with processed sugars so that could be part of it. I usually use whitelab liquid, either chico or irish ale and they do great at the temp in my room with basic ujsm and some bourbon AGs. Its always 68-73F according to my thermometer with high and low, so I don't see needing to heat it as that's the recommended temp range.
Thanks for the input, I'll post again after I run it about the flavor it imparts.

[Jimbo]

Never used that one specifically. But Im a big fan of the clean fermenting ale yeasts like US-05, WLP001 Wyeast 1056 and others

When I used fruitier english style yeasts the results were good, but it was difficult to make cuts. The fruity esters blur the lines between fores, heads and hearts.