Lallemand Brewing has launched LalBrew NovaLager, a true bottom fermenting Saccharomyces pastorianus hybrid from a novel lineage that has been selected to produce clean lager beers with distinct flavour characteristics and superior fermentation performance.
It is a robust lager yeast strain with ideal brewing properties, including fast fermentations, high attenuation, and high flocculation. The distinct flavour profile is very clean, slight esters over a wide temperature range.
LalBrew NovaLager is the result of the research and development work of Renaissance Yeast (Vancouver BC, Canada) in partnership with Lallemand Brewing. It was selected using classical and non-GMO breeding methods to obtain a novel Saccharomyces cerevisiae x Saccharomyces eubayanus hybrid strain that defines a novel Group III (Renaissance) lager lineage, different from any other traditional Saccharomyces pastorianus strains.
The company said this strain is a low VDK/diacetyl producer and utilizes patented technology from the University of California Davis (USA) to ensure no hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is produced, therefore reducing the maturation time associated with lager beer production.
Through expression of a β-glucosidase enzyme, LalBrew NovaLager™ can promote hop biotransformation and accentuate hop flavor and aroma. All these above characteristics make LalBrew NovaLagerT, a new and unique tool specially adapted to craft brewing conditions.
LalBrew NovaLager is a pure culture of Saccharomyces pastorianus available in 500g packs, with 11g sachets coming soon. LalBrew NovaLager™ has a recommended pitch rate of 50-100g per hL of wort.
