I will be brewing my second 5-gallon brew, possibly this weekend depending on the advice I get here. The first 5-gallon brew is in secondary and I plan to bottle it this weekend. Both recipes use Wyeast 1056. The first batch has OG 1045 and the second batch should be 1064. I have a new Wyeast 1056 pack and a starter for the second batch, but I'd like to try re-using the yeast from my first batch if I can.
I'd like to pitch directly onto the yeast cake in my secondary after transferring to the bottling bucket. My thinking is that there's far less trub to worry about here and I'm not worried about genetic distance from the original strain since it's only the first re-use. Also, doing this would "force" me to coordinate my brewing schedule, getting another beer fermenting as I bottle another.
Is this something I should not do? I'm not wedded to the idea. Just want to save myself some work if I can while still brewing good beer.
I'd like to pitch directly onto the yeast cake in my secondary after transferring to the bottling bucket. My thinking is that there's far less trub to worry about here and I'm not worried about genetic distance from the original strain since it's only the first re-use. Also, doing this would "force" me to coordinate my brewing schedule, getting another beer fermenting as I bottle another.
Is this something I should not do? I'm not wedded to the idea. Just want to save myself some work if I can while still brewing good beer.