Dry yeast question

[ReaperOnefour]

Hello all. So I just got two one gallon recipe kits from northern Brewer today. I ordered the zombie dirt, & the dead ringer. The zombie dirt came with S-04 ( which I don't like) I must have overlooked that , because I would have ordered a packet of US-05 to ferment with in place of the s-04. The dead ringer was supposed to come with US-05.... which it didn't. They gave me instead a packet of ( according to the label) y444 American ale dry beer yeast. It's about the size of a standard 11.5 gram packet, but it's about half full. I was really looking forward to brewing the zombie dirt tomorrow & was thinking of using that y444 yeast. The thing is I've never heard of it before, so I was wondering if anyone has used it before. And will it be ok to use it on my zombie dirt? Thanks for any help in advance.

 

[eadavis80]

Never heard of that strain, but NB, in my experience, is really good about customer service. I know you said you wanted to brew ASAP, but if you contact them, I bet they ship out some 05 ASAP to you since it was their mistake. I'd be hesitant to brew with a yeast you didn't want.

 

[ReaperOnefour]

Thank eadavis. That's what I was thinking too. I would use the s-04, but ive read alot of mixed reviews about it.

 

[runningfarmer]

m44 is very slow starting but once you use is very clean quick yeast as yeast cake and is my go to yeast. Stouts, pales And IPAs

 

[ReaperOnefour]

So what would be the highest the fermentation temp could go before I start to get off flavors in the beer. Im talking about if I use the s-04. The lowest I can get Ambient temperature is around 71-72 degrees. Is that too high for the s-04?