Lordsoth

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I presently have an American Pale Wheat Ale in my primary which I plan to bottle this Friday. My idea was to re-use the yeast (WLP300) and brew a Dunkelweizen, since the yeast should compliment the style well.

I want to try to wash the yeast using Bernie Brewer's yeast washing guide, but since I will be brewing that day, when I get to the point of separating it out into four jars, can I just pitch one of the jars at that point and then save the other three or do I need to go through the separating process in the fridge prior to pitching? When I check Mr. Malty's Yeast Pitching calculator with the sliders min/maxed it says I would need to pitch a little more than 1 cup of slurry, so conceivable one of those pint jars would be enough.

Here's the recipe I was planning on using:
Dunkelweizen.
Any opinions on the final recipe would be much appreciated. It's only my second partial mash (usign Deathbrewer's Easy Stove Top Partial Mash Method), and I am getting quite a bit more fermentable sugars from the grain than I did on my last PM, where I used 5 lbs DME to 3 lbs mashed grain. Is it wise for me to use a 3:4.5 ratio of DME:Grain? I feel fairly confident in my mashing technique and felt everything went great with my last PM.

Thanks for all the help!

becksbolero2

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I may be wrong but can't you just repitch the wort onto the yeast in the bottom of the fermenter ? I guess it depends on your time table though

Lil' Sparky

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Sure you can just pitch a jar w/out washing it first.

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Lordsoth

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True, but I kind of wanted to go through the process of yeast washing just for curiosity sake, plus I would then have 3 other jars of yeast for future use.