anyone ever use two different yeasts for a 5gal batch?

[Beernewb]

if both my yeasts are viable, i'm gonna do a euro ale and a london esb in the same batch...call me alton brown

 

[BelgianWannabe]

i would shake up each vial, dump half of each one into a flask and make a starter, and then you like the results, dump what's left in one vial into the other so you can use the blend again.

hah! Alton Brown.....that guy did a special on homebrewing, it looks like what he did would work, but he had the terminology all wrong, and the batch he made looked slightly less generic than Budweiser American Ale

 

[Nurmey]

I think it will be a waste of yeast. One may be more dominant and overpower the other.

Why not do 2 batches (or split one batch) and use one yeast in each? This will allow you to compare the differences between the two.

 

[Revvy]

I think it will be a waste of yeast. One may be more dominant and overpower the other.

Why not do 2 batches (or split one batch) and use one yeast in each? This will allow you to compare the differences between the two.

I agree...yes people do mix yeasts, but not to just dump them in willy nilly, that is a waste...some of the Aussie Brewers mix belgian and lager yeasts to get certain flavor characteristics from each yeasts..That's a big difference from just dumping pretty much two similar ale yeasts together...they're really not that different to get anything out of them...

You wanna actually learn something and not waste the expensive yeasts? Split the batches like Nurmey said, and ferment the beers with the two yeasts and then compare them...You'll actually learn something for your effort...

 

[brewt00l]

IIRC Shea Comfort discussed wine yeasts and blending yeasts for beer brewing in a past edition of the Sunday Session on BN:

The Brewing Network.com - The Sunday Session: The Sunday Session 11-23-08 Shea Comfort