So...Brewed a dunkelweizen and decided to harvest the yeast. I had planned on doing a roggenbier afterwards and then possibly a weizenbock. All the recipes use the same yeast strain.
Decided on using the Wyeast 3068 I think. The Weihenstephan strain. A different fellow for sure.
So about 7 or 8 weeks ago, actually, I think it was Veteran's day, brewed dunkelweizen. 3 or 4 days later, high krausen. Very vigorous. Sanitizing racking cane, took out airlock, stuffed tubing down hole in bung. CO2 pushed out yeast into growler. I got some top-cropped yeast. Then 3 weeks later, bottled. I then boiled water (enough) to put in quart Mason jar), swirled carboy. Poured out everything. Well, took like 3 Mason jars. Bottom-cropped?? Anyway, I got a True Brew Hefeweizen extract kit. Probably going to brew tomorrow after work. Got the starter going last night. Poured in slurry I had in fridge for over 7 weeks. Within a few hours, activity! We'll see how flavor turns out in hefeweizen. If it's the same activity and length and attenuation I got when brewed dunkelweizen. then I can say whether or not it was a success harvesting yeast.
Decided on using the Wyeast 3068 I think. The Weihenstephan strain. A different fellow for sure.
So about 7 or 8 weeks ago, actually, I think it was Veteran's day, brewed dunkelweizen. 3 or 4 days later, high krausen. Very vigorous. Sanitizing racking cane, took out airlock, stuffed tubing down hole in bung. CO2 pushed out yeast into growler. I got some top-cropped yeast. Then 3 weeks later, bottled. I then boiled water (enough) to put in quart Mason jar), swirled carboy. Poured out everything. Well, took like 3 Mason jars. Bottom-cropped?? Anyway, I got a True Brew Hefeweizen extract kit. Probably going to brew tomorrow after work. Got the starter going last night. Poured in slurry I had in fridge for over 7 weeks. Within a few hours, activity! We'll see how flavor turns out in hefeweizen. If it's the same activity and length and attenuation I got when brewed dunkelweizen. then I can say whether or not it was a success harvesting yeast.