Idiot trying to identify two beers

Hi,

Two weeks ago I made two stout in the same week.

At that time I did not identify the two carboys, because I ''knew'' wich is wich beer...

Now that I realised that my memory is defective I need to know wich carboy contains wich beer because I need to reuse the yeast for another batch.

One fermented on US05 and the other one was fermenting with White lab Irish Ale.

Can you identify them?

Thank you...

Heres the first one....








The 2nd:

I think the first one is the Irish Ale yeast...

taste them

I is two different recipe and this is the first time I did them too...

And at a this point in my brewing experience, I dont think I can identify the taste of a particular yeast in two different recipe.

Here's a test: US05 is a terrible flocculator, while Irish Ale is a little better. Give each carboy a good shove to stir up the yeast (try not to do anything that will oxygenate the beer). The US05 should kick up more yeast than the Irish, in a more dispersed cloud. It should also take longer to settle back down.

Yes, US-05 is quite powdery, whereas WLP004 is a medium flocculator. Could stick a sanitized racking cane down there and see which one is powdery vs more chunky/compacted.

I think the left one. Maybe the right.

Which recipe had coriander? One carboy looks to have coriander balls floating in it, maybe that will give you the answer? Good luck!

I use both these yeasts exclusively. It's 100% the top one.

Are both recipes the same style?if not,then there's your clue.

one is a sweet stout with lactose... I'll take the gravity reading good idea!

IrregularPulse said:

I use both these yeasts exclusively. It's 100% the top one.

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Yeah I used S 05 pretty much all the time and I never got the sand collor yeast growing on the carboy walls. I must be the irish ale yeast.

and the other?....

top one must be Irish Ale

bottom one is S 05