yeast cake question

[monk420]

i racked to my secondary the other day and saved my yeast cake . put it into sanatized 1/2 pint jars and put them in the fridg.

my question is different beers call for different strains of yeast. what if the yeast cake i saved isn't the same as the strain that the beer calls for.how or will that effect my beer.

 

[bartyen82]

You'll get different flavors, different aromas...It depends on the style of beer you're trying to brew - a lot of recipes can get away with a neutral, well-attenuating yeast. Ultimately though, if a recipe for beer A calls for yeast A, and you use yeast B, you won't get beer A even if all of your other ingredients are identical.

 

[JNye]

i don't think its a huge deal. i have wlp001 which is a very very versitile yeast for ALEs so i use it for all my ales from pale to porter. I also have an american hefe strain i use for my wheats. eventually i'll prolly get a strain for belgians too. so basically i will use different yeasts for different styles but not a different strain for every beer.