Can lactobacillus be washed and/or stored??

[CorporateHippie]

I plan on brewing my first Berliner Weisse soon. After a TON of research I have decided to not do a sour mash but rather pitch a 1 liter starter of lacto for 7 days and then pitch my sacc. My question is two fold...

#1. Can I make a 1.5 liter lacto starter and store the extra 1/2 ltr in my fridge like I do with any normal yeast strain. Will it keep? Then I can make another starter in the future to use lacto in another brew. I came across some obscure info that said you can't store lacto which doesn't make sense since I but it "stored" from my LHBS.

#2. If I harvest the yeast cake from the Berliner Weisse and wash it like I commonly do with different yeast strains, what should I expect? Will the lacto be present or dead from the sacc working? Would the washed yeast be available to produce just a slightly lactic batch? Or is it a dumper cake?

 

[CorporateHippie]

 

[Newsman]

I don't know the answers, however, I suspect making a starter and then refrigerating 1/3 would be fine.

 

[Newsman]

By the way... "Patience, Grasshopper!"

 

[D-Train]

I saw this article recently and it should have your answers.

Maintaining Brett and Lacto Cultures

 

[CorporateHippie]

I saw this article recently and it should have your answers.

Maintaining Brett and Lacto Cultures

Sir, you are a life saver......this write up was EXACTLY what I needed. Thanks again!!!