Russian Roulette with yeast

[syvmn]

So I recently brewed an Oatmeal Stout using US-05, and a Guinness clone using WYeast 1084 Irish Ale Yeast.

I collected and washed yeast for each one of these but then put them in the fridge without labeling them. So now I have 2 nice canned yeast strains, but no idea which one is which...

I will be brewing an Irish Red tomorrow, and another batch of Guinness on Tuesday. I had planned on throwing the US-05 in the Red and the 1084 back into the Guinness but now I'm not sure what to do.

Plan 1 is to just toss one strain into the Red and the other into the Guinness knowing that both will make beer and life will go on.

Plan 2 is to make a mixed starter with both strains and see what happens. Maybe it will end up being my new "House" yeast mix.

Any thoughts on what to do?

 

[Evan_L]

Making starters with them right? ...Why not just taste the starters before pitching to determine which is which.

 

[syvmn]

I've never tasted a starter before. I don't think i would know what it should taste like...