midlifecrisis
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I have a Yooper's Dead Guy AG clone fermenting at 63 F for the past week. The OG on this was 1.067 and I started with a 2L starter which I inoculated with a PacMan Smackpak.
I was hoping to save some extra Pacman for future brews so I started a 2nd 2L starter with a bit of the first starter but I there was not a whole lot of yeast from this (enough for 1 or 2 more starters).
My question is 1.067 brew too high a OG to successfully harvest (i.e. wash) "good" pacman yeast due to stress from the alcohol or should I just stick with making due with what I have for future brews?
I get so much more yeast from a 5 g brew than a 2L starter (obviously) that it seems a shame to not harvest the yeast from the primary.
I was hoping to save some extra Pacman for future brews so I started a 2nd 2L starter with a bit of the first starter but I there was not a whole lot of yeast from this (enough for 1 or 2 more starters).
My question is 1.067 brew too high a OG to successfully harvest (i.e. wash) "good" pacman yeast due to stress from the alcohol or should I just stick with making due with what I have for future brews?
I get so much more yeast from a 5 g brew than a 2L starter (obviously) that it seems a shame to not harvest the yeast from the primary.