wyeast vs. white labs - forbidden fruit?

[carnevoodoo]

So I was reading a comaprison chart for yeast and it said the following:

3463 Forbidden Fruit Yeast WLP720 Sweet Mead /Wine Yeast

Now, what I want to know is, how accurate is this? I mean it says the forbidden fruit yeast is the Rochefort yeast, but all the listings for the White Labs yeast list it as a wine yeast.

Any opinions on this? White Labs is much more available at my LHBS.

Thanks!

[Lerxst]

I thought 3463 was supposed to be Hoegaarden and 1762/540 are Rochfort?

http://www.mrmalty.com/yeast.htm

He also lists the same cross ref..and if you look at the specs on both 3463 and WLP720 from their respective mfg web page, they are very similar.

What exactly are you shooting for?

[Ó Flannagáin]

Yea, I"m pretty sure the 1762 wyeast is the rochefort yeast. I've used it a bunch and it's yummy :mrgreen:

[carnevoodoo]

err, hoegaarden, right. Sorry.

I guess my question was more about the forbidden fruit and the white labs equivalent. I'm making a belgian stout andd it sounds like it would be what I am looking for.

[Ó Flannagáin]

It's a wine yeast, so it's definitely not the norm. But I've actually been thinking about doing a big peppery saison using a shiraz yeast.