How much effect on flavour will a different Yeast give my beer?
Ive lately been making a few kits n bits and stovetop BIAB with ok results. They are all very drinkable and Im happy with them, but they are all tasting a bit the same....and they have all used US05. I was wondering what impact a different yeast (maybe a liquid yeast?) would have on the flavour of my beer.
There are so many variables it is hard, if not impossible to isolate the flavour contributions of each of the elements. To date I have been varying hop varieties and schedules, steeping grains with kits and using different grains in BIAB brews. My beers all taste a bit different to each other, but their is also an underlying sameness . Ive been avoiding liquid yeasts as I have had poor success with reculturing coopers bottle yeast (had to ditch 2 batches :blink: ), but am now wondering if taking that plunge will open up a new world of flavour and points of difference to my beer?
What do you guys reckon? Ever made identical batches but fermented with different yeasts? Was there a notable difference in final taste?
Cheers :drinks:
Ive lately been making a few kits n bits and stovetop BIAB with ok results. They are all very drinkable and Im happy with them, but they are all tasting a bit the same....and they have all used US05. I was wondering what impact a different yeast (maybe a liquid yeast?) would have on the flavour of my beer.
There are so many variables it is hard, if not impossible to isolate the flavour contributions of each of the elements. To date I have been varying hop varieties and schedules, steeping grains with kits and using different grains in BIAB brews. My beers all taste a bit different to each other, but their is also an underlying sameness . Ive been avoiding liquid yeasts as I have had poor success with reculturing coopers bottle yeast (had to ditch 2 batches :blink: ), but am now wondering if taking that plunge will open up a new world of flavour and points of difference to my beer?
What do you guys reckon? Ever made identical batches but fermented with different yeasts? Was there a notable difference in final taste?
Cheers :drinks: