As an attempt to get more bang for my buck, i collected an extra 3gal runnings from a dopplebock a few weeks back. I just transferred to a keg to carb, and long story short, I'm thinking I might have ended up with a giant "starter", as this isn't a very tasty experiement at this point.
My question is, though, based on the following information, is it worth going through the trouble in washing the yeast cake (WY2206 - Bavarian Lager) to store up some viable & healthy mason jar samples? The batch went from 1.022 down to 1.009 at 55F in one month. Is such a low, atypical SG not condusive to healthy yeast growth for future use?
Thanks in advance.
My question is, though, based on the following information, is it worth going through the trouble in washing the yeast cake (WY2206 - Bavarian Lager) to store up some viable & healthy mason jar samples? The batch went from 1.022 down to 1.009 at 55F in one month. Is such a low, atypical SG not condusive to healthy yeast growth for future use?
Thanks in advance.