red and dark beer yeast

I have been brewing for about 2 years and want to try liquid yeast to hopefully improve my beer. the dry yeast has been good but I am hoping for better. What yeast would you recommend for both red and dark beers. I want to start small and hopefully use the same yeast for both, hopefully using the same for several batches

 

Red and dark beers are more colors than styles. Do you mean irish style red, or hoppy american amber red? American style porters, or stouts, or english?

In general if you want an english estery yeast, wyeast1469, wyeast1968, wyeast1028, wyeast1187 are good options that are different than available dry strains.

If you want a cleaner american style, wyeast1335, wyeast1272, or wyeast1332 are good options that are slightly different than us-05.

 

+1 - These are great recommendations. My personal go-to yeast strain for most beers I brew is 1335 or 1332 depending on the attenuation level I am seeking.

 

I wanted yeast for both American style amber ale or American stouts and I wanted a yeast good for both. Do you think liquid yeast makes better beer than dry all other things being equal

 

Not in itself. But it gives you more options in the finished beer, as there are many, many more yeast strains. With liquid yeast, you will, in general, need to look into making starters.

Id look at 1335 or 1332. 1335 is a british strain, but is as clean as an american one. It emphasizes the malt more compared to us-05. It also flocs out reliably.

 

Help, I'm new to brewing and I want to brew this dark ale on the Briess web site,

http://www.brewingwithbriess.com/Recipes/beer/display/turtle-on-a-log

What yeast should I use?

Thanks for helping a new brewer.

 

wyeast 1450 would be good in either of those styles. Not the best for flocculation but a good cold crash fixes that.

 

olephart: Use us-05 or any american ale yeast.

 

I'd go with what the recipe suggests, i.e., the 1056. If that's not readily available then the US-05 per giraffe

 

Thanks everyone. I was at my LHBS earlier, looking at the recipe on my phone. I totally missed their yeast recommendation.