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This is a great experiment and a great way to know your specialty grains. The side by side tasting should be interesting.
thirsty wrote:
I bet us-05 or a starter of wlp001 split up would give the cleanest profile. After all, the intentions are to have the cleanest base beer from hops to esters. Just my $.02
That's what I was thinking. I did some calculations using Mr malty. I plan to make an WLP001 starter, then measure ~100ml per jug. That gets me to the proper pitching rate in each jug.
Trust me, A future experiment will be just the exact same thing with only one base malt and all different yeasts. That one will get a bit expensive though if I wanted to use many yeasts. Maybe just my top 5 english strains side by side.
brewchez wrote:
[Trust me, A future experiment will be just the exact same thing with only one base malt and all different yeasts. That one will get a bit expensive though if I wanted to use many yeasts. Maybe just my top 5 english strains side by side.
Have you got into making slants yet? I am pretty sure Wade does, it is something I have been wanting to get into, but that will be in the far future- this years goal is to narrow down to only 4 beers (the 4th in rotation though will be Belgian specialty- so that will encompass a wide variety of yeasts).
The yeast side of the experiment I personally do not feel is as important, because Chris White, as well as the Wyeast guys, seem to do not only a pretty good job at flavor expectations, but with a good comparison chart, you can get the commercial example of the yeast, and taste it for usually $6-12 a bottle. This is something you cant do with specialty malts. If a bottle of Lagunitas says "uses only pale and crystal malts" it helps none. If a beer like Rogue says "uses our proprietary pacman strain" then you got a good grasp on flavor.
thirsty wrote:
The yeast side of the experiment I personally do not feel is as important, because Chris White, as well as the Wyeast guys, seem to do not only a pretty good job at flavor expectations, but with a good comparison chart, you can get the commercial example of the yeast, and taste it for usually $6-12 a bottle. This is something you cant do with specialty malts. If a bottle of Lagunitas says "uses only pale and crystal malts" it helps none. If a beer like Rogue says "uses our proprietary pacman strain" then you got a good grasp on flavor.
I agree. Which is why if I can do a yeast experiment then I'd only do the 5 I use most. I have never really brewed a recipe where I used WLP001 AND WLP002. At least not when I had both available to sample.
I know that WLP001 is supposed to be clean, and English strains are more estery. But what does that really taste like on my palette rather than just the words on the website.
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