Brewme
Well-Known Member
Okay, so I know there is a great sticky about washing yeast for reuse (which I read). Here is my question though...
I am making a starter wort tonight for a batch I will be making Saturday (enough time, right?). I bought the White Labs yeast in a vile and I wanted to know if I can pitch most of the yeast out and keep a little in the vile, put some yeast nutrient in there, and some malt and keep that for a batch in the future.
Rather than keep yeast from a batch I have already fermented, which would then be prone to mutation, I wanted to keep the original strain intact. Does any of this make sense to do or should I just yeast wash?
I am making a starter wort tonight for a batch I will be making Saturday (enough time, right?). I bought the White Labs yeast in a vile and I wanted to know if I can pitch most of the yeast out and keep a little in the vile, put some yeast nutrient in there, and some malt and keep that for a batch in the future.
Rather than keep yeast from a batch I have already fermented, which would then be prone to mutation, I wanted to keep the original strain intact. Does any of this make sense to do or should I just yeast wash?