Yeast pitching experiment

Hey fellow brewers, I'm new to the game with only 4 extract brews under my belt. I have an idea for an experiment involving brewing 5 Gallons of wort, then putting each gallon in a separate fermenter and pitching each one with a differnet strain of yeast. Is this plausible? Has it been before with disastrous results? If not, what are some good yeast strains to try for a pale ale?

 

This has been done many times by many people. Do it and posts results!

 

Some of the yeasts I've used in pales- s-05. Nottingham. Wlp-001. Wyeast 1056. I'm also going to try san Diego super yeast just haven't got around to it yet. All of these work well with pales.

 

Yup, I can think of at least 5 blogs that have done this exact same thing an compared the results.

 

Doable and been done but don't let that stop you. A lot can be learned about yeast contributed flavors this way. I would probably split it 2 ways and compare something clean and neutral like US-05 and something funky like a Belgian yeast.

 

How does one know what yeast strains to use in certain beers? I know that there are Lager yeasts and Ale yeasts and that's pretty much all I know. Say i'm making a cream ale, is there a yeast strand that would just make my beer taste awful? Have any of you done anything like this?

 

Maybe your not quite at the experimentation stage yet. Why not just stick to one beer for now?

 

Here is a chart. You can select the style and it lists the various yeasts...
https://byo.com/resources/yeast

 

Here is another chart from Wyeast, click on the intended style and they list some options:
https://www.wyeastlab.com/hb_styleguidelines.cfm

 

Really like the charts. They are going to help me out a lot in the future.