Yeast Blend

[MT's AZ Ale Haus]

Has anyone done a Yeast blend?

If so, what were your results/opinions?

Example
10 gallon Brew
3L Yeast starter with WLP001
3L Yeast starter with US-05

 

[Steveruch]

Has anyone done a Yeast blend?

If so, what were your results/opinions?

Example
10 gallon Brew
3L Yeast starter with WLP001
3L Yeast starter with US-05

05 is a dry version of 001 so you are basically just doubling up the "same" yeast.t t

 

[snowtiger1987]

05 is a dry version of 001 so you are basically just doubling up the "same" yeast.t t

Agreed. I used to do a blend of WLP 565 and Wyeast 3711 for my Saisons until Inland Island Yeast started doing it for me.

 

[Northern_Brewer]

Has anyone done a Yeast blend?

...just about every British commercial brewery before the 1970s or so, and some still do.

Doubling up WLP001 and US-05 seems a bit pointless - they're not the same but they're very close cousins. But one classic homebrew combination is Windsor followed by Nottingham 48h later, to combine a more flavourful yeast with one that has better attenuation/flocculation. WLP025 and 1335 are a similar combination that may represent a reunification of the two members of the Adnams dual strain. Or see this thread for the yeast in Treehouse Julius, which seems to be somewhere in the region of 90/7/3 S-04/T-58/WB-06.

 

[MT's AZ Ale Haus]

I guess I used a bad example. I should have chosen 2 different varieties. I didn't literally mean WLP001 and US 05 they were just the 2 that popped in my head.

 

[SoCal-Doug]

Mixing cultured Dupont dregs and 3711 makes a great Saison. Correct flavor and crazy attenuation without stalling.