TheWhaleShark
Well-Known Member
Hey all, this is my first post in these forums. I'm pretty new to brewing (have my second batch ever in the primary right now), but I've learned a lot pretty quickly.
To get right to the point, I have a unique (well, presumably so) strain of yeast that I have acquired. This is the strain that I have used to brew so far, and I intend to keep it that way.
However, I've had a thought. I'm planning on harvesting and reusing yeast (as opposed to making a starter from a slant every single time), and I was wondering if anyone had ever kept a persistent strain of yeast.
My thought is that each "major" type of beer that I brew could have its own specially adapted yeast cake associated with it. I could brew, say, my RIS, harvest and save the yeast cake, and use THAT yeast cake again when I brew the RIS. Repeat this process and I'll be placing some artificial selection pressure on the yeast, forcing them to adapt to the specific conditions of that beer.
Has anyone tried anything like this before?
tl;dr: I want to reuse the same yeast cake for a particular recipe, over and over again, until that yeast is perfectly adapted to that beer. Thoughts?
To get right to the point, I have a unique (well, presumably so) strain of yeast that I have acquired. This is the strain that I have used to brew so far, and I intend to keep it that way.
However, I've had a thought. I'm planning on harvesting and reusing yeast (as opposed to making a starter from a slant every single time), and I was wondering if anyone had ever kept a persistent strain of yeast.
My thought is that each "major" type of beer that I brew could have its own specially adapted yeast cake associated with it. I could brew, say, my RIS, harvest and save the yeast cake, and use THAT yeast cake again when I brew the RIS. Repeat this process and I'll be placing some artificial selection pressure on the yeast, forcing them to adapt to the specific conditions of that beer.
Has anyone tried anything like this before?
tl;dr: I want to reuse the same yeast cake for a particular recipe, over and over again, until that yeast is perfectly adapted to that beer. Thoughts?