Citrus A20

Imperial Yeast's A20 Citrus is a wild saccharomyces strain that is known to produce a huge citrus fruit ester profile. It will produce orange and lemon aromas along with some tropical fruit. It can be used at high temperatures for big ester production. It will get a bit funky without the worries of a brettanomyces strain. You do need to keep an eye on your fermentation because it likes to hit a false terminal and then slowly finish out the rest of the fermentation.

If you need a substitution we recommend Imperial A04 Barbarian, A24 Dry Hop, A38 Juice, or A43 Loki, White Labs Saccharomyces 'Bruxellensis' Trois WLP644, or Omega Tropical IPA OYL200

It's a fantastic choice for IPAs.

Flocculation: Low

Attenuation: 74-78%

Optimal Fermentation Temperature: 67 - 80F

Alcohol Tolerance: 10%

Species: Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. diastaticus

It's a great choice for these styles:

• Hazy IPA
• American Pale Ale
• Imperial IPA
• Red IPA
• White IPA
• Red Ale
• American Wheat Beer
• Black IPA
• Robust Porter
• American Stout
• Winter Seasonal Beer
• American Barleywine
• Imperial Stout
• American Strong Ale
• Wheatwine
• Cream Ale
• Blonde Ale

Note: This strain tests positive for the STA1 gene via PCR analysis and is therefore considered to be Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. diastaticus