Ok i just finished my home made stir plate and now i am researching the process of harvesting, washing, storing yeast.
I understand the process of bottle harvesting. Now i have read that this works but one needs to make sure that the beer was bottled carbonated with the yeast that was used for primary fermentation if you are going to get the yeast you wanted.
When i read about yeast washing from the cake in a primary it was stated (on HBT) that you don't want to harvest from the secondary yeast cake due to the condition of the yeast. The primary cake will have healthier yeast (better flocculation and attenuation).
So i guess my question is harvesting yeast from a bottle is one step further from secondary yeast cake harvesting. Is this only done when a certain yeast strain can not be purchased?
I have been using liquid yeast a lot and just now started to harvest yeast. So would it be worth the money to try to harvest the different strains of yeast i have in my bottled beer currently or should i just start saving the liquid strains only from future primary cakes.
I understand the process of bottle harvesting. Now i have read that this works but one needs to make sure that the beer was bottled carbonated with the yeast that was used for primary fermentation if you are going to get the yeast you wanted.
When i read about yeast washing from the cake in a primary it was stated (on HBT) that you don't want to harvest from the secondary yeast cake due to the condition of the yeast. The primary cake will have healthier yeast (better flocculation and attenuation).
So i guess my question is harvesting yeast from a bottle is one step further from secondary yeast cake harvesting. Is this only done when a certain yeast strain can not be purchased?
I have been using liquid yeast a lot and just now started to harvest yeast. So would it be worth the money to try to harvest the different strains of yeast i have in my bottled beer currently or should i just start saving the liquid strains only from future primary cakes.