Manchester’s leading independent brewery Cloudwater has made a new beer using a yeast that has been specially created in the labs of Manchester University. The collaboration, a beer that will be called Tales From the Future, will be released at the end of the month.
It uses a novel strain of yeast in the brewing process that was made at the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology. Called Saccharomyces jurei, it was developed from a strain that was found in the foothills of the French Alps.
It differs from other brewing yeasts in that it is able to thrive and grow at lower temperatures, meaning that it will create different flavour profiles within the finished beer. It’s a 5% abv beer made in the ‘saison’ style - meaning it’s highly carbonated, dry and fruity - and has flavours of lemon and rose.
