Bad Goat Brewing wrote:BrandenBA wrote:I've been a Wyeast guy since I've started brewing. Would you say the WL packages are better than the Wyeast? Or is it a matter of preference?
It's just preference. They both make a great product, and I mostly use Wyeast. Largely because its the only thing sold in the Eugene area, and because Wyeast is an Oregon company. White Labs does have a few strains the wyeast doesn't. One being WLP090. I really like that strain
Funny that down here in San Diego most of the brew shops are almost all exclusively White Labs. Not sure if it's just the brewers preference, or if the shops choose to do that. I can only find the most common Wyeast strains and even then they've been on the shelves for a while.
I do have a friend who works at White Labs and I was talking to some employees about their new packaging a few weeks ago and they all seem pretty excited about it. Apparently there's some way it will vent carbon dioxide so it doesn't explode in your face when you open it up.