Double Pitched- different strains

[bendog15]

Made an Octoberfest beer. Built up a large 2 stage starter of WLP820 (octoberfest yeast) and pitched it, but after 3 days, no activity. Wished I researched it online, because its a finicky strain with a notoriously sluggish start.
But I panicked, quickly built up a starter of wlp810 (cal common) and pitched it this morning. Trouble is, the Octoberfest strain has started to take off. So now Ive got 2 active strains in my beer. What can I expect?

 

[skw]

Beer, it will be beer. Expect it to become the best beer you ever made, with the big drawback that you'll never be able to reproduce it again.

 

[didinho]

you pitched two clean yeasts, for a lager. usually one strain overcome te other in fermentation, but in bot cases te beer will be clean as a lager should be (also California is very lager-like). So, I would not worry and wait for a good beer.

 

[k_alebrewer]

You can expect a very unique batch of beer. I had made a double pitch batch with Fermentis S04 and Mauribrew Ale 514, believe me, it was one of the best beers. Bottle conditioning for 6 weeks made it even better.
Keep us updated!
Cheers.

 

[bendog15]

Hahaha very witty responses all!! I'm not the pickiest of guys, and I'll drink it regardless. Still hoping for a good beer!View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1446167490.943281.jpg
Update #1- four days after 1st pitch, Krausen formed. I think it's the Octoberfest lager finally working, but who knows? At least we're fermenting!!

 

[bendog15]

Update #2View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1447896098.517535.jpg

Using brulosopher's lager method- after half attenuation had been reached, I slowly ramped up temp in chest freezer til it got to about 18.5C. Let it sit for 5 days. Hit final gravity at 1.011 and slowly ramped down to 0 for cold crash. Fined w gelatin for 48 hours and then bottled.
Beer's looking good! It finished around 6.7% (higher than expected) so one of the yeasts definitely did a great job! Will update again in 2 weeks when I finally get to taste!!

 

[k_alebrewer]

Excellent!! Awaiting taste profile update. Cheers till then!

 

[bendog15]

View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1451263757.778103.jpgfinal update- this beer turned out phenomenal. Loved the taste and flavor. Tasted like- well it tasted like an Octoberfest beer with a touch of cal common! Awesome malty flavor, a nice dark lager. My only regret is that I'll prob never be able to duplicate it again. Thanks to all for your help and support.