Omega I Star Party™ ALE I OYL-404
A Thiolized™ version of the beloved Chico strain (West Coast Ale I), Star Party™ is a thiol burst with aromas of passion fruit, dank pink guava, and citrus zest. Expect the same clean fermentation profile and clarity as its parental strain, Chico, but with a big burst of thiols that’s perfect for redefining classic styles, juicing up a West Coast IPA, or creating a unique style that highlights the thiol potential of regional hops and malt. Thiols to the moon! 🚀
For best results, use Phantasm Powder during whirlpool to add Thiol Precursors to your wort before fermentation.
Attenuation: 73-80%
Flocculation: Medium-Low
Alcohol Tolerance: 11% ABV
Optimum Fermentation Temp: 60-73°F
Cell Count: 200 Billion
Expect the same clean fermentation profile and clarity as West Coast Ale I but with a big burst of thiols.
Star Party™ Ale (OYL-404) is the latest patent-pending strain in our Thiolized™ series. The Thiolized process enhances the ability of yeast to unlock thiol precursors bound within malt and hops to create the kind of tropical character associated with Southern Hemisphere hops
Star Party is designed to enhance thiol biotransformation while retaining the clean fermentation profile and clarity of its parental strain, West Coast Ale I (OYL-004). This latest Thiolized strain will add a big burst of thiols that’s perfect for redefining classic styles, juicing up a West Coast IPA, or creating a unique style that highlights the thiol potential of regional hops and malt.
Star Party produces 200x more thiols than its parent strain.
DISCOVER THE UNRECOGNIZED POTENTIAL OF YOUR RAW MATERIALS
Malt is rich in precursors that spring forward as passion fruit and guava, while hops can even bump up their dank character when they interact with Star Party. Many brewers have begun adapting Cosmic Punch as a house strain thanks to its versatility and utility when used in conjunction with mash hopping. Star Party takes these traits a step further, creating an intense concentration of thiols sure to stand out among aromatic hops. This strain was engineered to be more intense — try a simple mash hopping approach along with your favorite base malts and experience firsthand the extent of its biotransformation capabilities.
A NEW WAY TO RELEASE THIOLS
After discovering the possibilities for thiol release while working on Cosmic Punch, our R&D team decided to look outside of yeast for other β‑lyases in nature with high specificity to cysteine-thiol precursors like those found in malt and hops. We hit the books and the literature pointed us to a bacterial β‑lyase called PatB. This enzyme is found in many bacterial species, but we found that PatB from S. hominis—a bacteria that occurs commonly all over our bodies as part of our skin’s microbiome — gave us the greatest levels of passion fruit and guava notes when used in brewing trials.
The bacterial PatB behaves very similarly to the yeast β‑lyase Irc7, meaning it cleaves cysteine-thiol precursors found in malt and hops, effectively making those flavor-active compounds available for us to enjoy. However, PatB is more active and more specific than Irc7, making it an exciting addition to a brewer’s arsenal of tools to create interesting flavor combinations.
Star Party was engineered using CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology to insert patB into a classic Chico (West Coast Ale I) strain. Before we conduct any brewing trials with these modified strains, we confirm that the gene editing was targeted successfully and that there were no off-target effects. We’re incredibly excited about the doors that PatB has the potential to open and we can’t wait to see (and taste!) what you all create.
*Information provided by Omega Yeast
