What Is BRY97?

I know it is Danstar’s "American West Coast Ale Yeast" and here is the marketing blub:

BRY-97 American West Coast Yeast was selected from the Siebel Institute Culture Collection and is used by a number of commercial breweries to produce different types of ale. It is a classic American ale yeast that offers the convenience and long shelf life of dried yeast along with high quality standards and excellent performance.

Quick, clean, and well-attenuating are the chief properties of this yeast. It is most comparable to the "Chico"-style strains. In our experience, this strain stays clean at relatively high temperatures (up to 78F), and flocculation is marginally better than other "Chico" strains. Due to the slightly higher flocculation tendencies, it does slightly reduce bittering levels in the finished beer.

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Originally posted by bitbucket
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Chico- Sierra Nevada, if I had to guess. Maybe a clone of their yeast?

I’ve used it in a Black IPA (or India Black Ale is I’ve called it). Also tasted some other examples of this strain next to the same beer fermented with us05.
The bry beers were also clean in yeast profile but biggest difference was a fuller body, more malty than the us05.

Originally posted by artcore1980
I’ve used it in a Black IPA (or India Black Ale is I’ve called it). Also tasted some other examples of this strain next to the same beer fermented with us05.
The bry beers were also clean in yeast profile but biggest difference was a fuller body, more malty than the us05.