Wyeast lambic blend yeast cake

Failing_Ales · Oct 3, 2012

I recently racked a 10 month old lambic and added a new wort to the yeast cakes. It has been more than 48 hours since and no krausen or airlock activity. Does anyone have experience with reusing a cake this old? Do I need to supplement with an ale yeast or should I just wait it out?

ReverseApacheMaster · Oct 3, 2012

Wait it out. Most of the sacc is probably dead so the fermentation is more likely to be driven by brett and pedio, which will be a slower fermentation.

Failing_Ales · Oct 3, 2012

Thanks, I wasn't thinking about the brett but that should work fine. I appreciate it.

monkeybox · Oct 3, 2012

Failing_Ales said:
I recently racked a 10 month old lambic

What made you decide to rack after so long rather than just let it lie?

Failing_Ales · Oct 3, 2012

Half went on huckleberries and blackberries, and half on wine grapes with some oak. Will give it another 4-6 months

29thfloor · Oct 9, 2012

I reused a lambic blend yeast cake that sat for 4 months and it took 3-4 days before I saw any activity on the new wort.

Failing_Ales · Oct 10, 2012

That was my experience as well. After 4 days it developed a krausen and fermenting well at 62 degrees now.

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