29thfloor

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I recently got my first sour beer going using the Wyeast Lambic Blend. In the past I've washed yeast and reused it and I'm wondering if I can do that with this one. Does it make sense to trying washing yeast that has other bugs in it or should I just pitch another beer right on the yeast cake?

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hopsalot

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I just pitch right back onto it. over time that cake will become invaluable

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ReverseApacheMaster

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Pitch right back on it. I've also used the dregs from that blend that came out of a bottle to innoculate a new batch. Took a little while to take off but it formed a pellicle after a few weeks.

todd46

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yeah, pitch right on it or maybe a mild wash to get some of the crap out of the mix, but probably doesn't matter. i also used that lambic blend and after transferring it to secondary, scooped a tupperware worth of the dregs from the primary and saved it for a month. i added it to a brew in a 3 gallon carboy and then left town for the weekend (leaving plenty of headspace). i came back and it had completely blown the airlock out (which was laying a couple feet away). that stuff is ravenous.

29thfloor

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Any particular styles this blend is well suited for? I'm thinking of doing a brown ale or a saison next and pitching onto this yeast cake.

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Kegged: Cascadian Dark Ale, Agave Wit, Citra Pale Ale
Bottled: Berliner Weisse, Oaked Tripel Brett, Dawson's Kriek, Sweet Mead, Belgian Quadrupel, Trois Pistoles Clone, Bourbon Barrel Porter

AmandaK

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Lambic Blend is more of a barnyard/horsey/earthy and less sour than Roseleare, which is more of a complex sourness with an earthy background note.

That being said, I only use Lambic Blend for my lambics. What's so wrong with another one of those?

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Fermenting: #69 Nelson Saison, #72 3711 Cider Two, #76 West Coast Bitter
Souring: #32 Lambic 2.0, #49 Lambic 3.0, #60 3763 Flanders Brown, #61 WLP665 Flanders Brown
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Drinkin': #16 Lambic 1.0 (Drunk Monk BOS), #52 Rye Saison, #56 Saison-Brett, #57 BGSA, GUEUZE!, #65 Maibock

hopsalot

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agreed, you could blend young and old

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AmandaK

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I'm in the process of doing the same thing. Just need to brew another within the month and I'll have the perfect amount for a gueuze blended with 2 year, 1 year and 6 month old lambics.

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On deck: Dopplebock, Pliny, Munich Helles, Big Brew Day CAP
Fermenting: #69 Nelson Saison, #72 3711 Cider Two, #76 West Coast Bitter
Souring: #32 Lambic 2.0, #49 Lambic 3.0, #60 3763 Flanders Brown, #61 WLP665 Flanders Brown
Conditioning: #38 Golden Sour, #58 Hooch Cider, #67 Schwarzbier, #70 3711 Cider, #71 Kolsch
Drinkin': #16 Lambic 1.0 (Drunk Monk BOS), #52 Rye Saison, #56 Saison-Brett, #57 BGSA, GUEUZE!, #65 Maibock

hopsalot

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old school, NOICE!

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29thfloor

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Good point

Maybe I'll do another lambic on this one, and then a brown ale with Roselare.

I'm also thinking of doing an all Brett Strawberry Blonde using some organic strawberries donated from a friend's garden.

I see more carboys are in my immediate future...

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Secondary: None
Kegged: Cascadian Dark Ale, Agave Wit, Citra Pale Ale
Bottled: Berliner Weisse, Oaked Tripel Brett, Dawson's Kriek, Sweet Mead, Belgian Quadrupel, Trois Pistoles Clone, Bourbon Barrel Porter