BBL_Brewer
Well-Known Member
I harvested some pacman last night, made some starters and threw them on the stir plates. Harvested from primary at about 6 weeks. OG 1.055, FG 1.012, ~5.5% abv. It's been 19 hours and they haven't krasuened yet. There's a fair amount of condensation and the smell is starting to change a little, so I'm pretty sure it's all good, but I didn't expect them to be so sluggish. I could have harvested the yeast earlier. I knew I was going to harvest this time, but I decided to just wait longer to keg so I could pop the yeast strait into a starter.
Would it be better to harvest the yeast sooner and store in the fridge rather than let it sit at room temp for a couple more weeks under the beer? I also noticed that Mr. Malty calculates viability for the "Re-pitch from Slurry" option based on harvest date. It doesn't take into account how long the batch fermented before the yeast was harvested. What I did was tell Mr. Malty that I harvested the yeast 4 weeks ago (when my beer was two weeks in) in order to calculate my viability.
Would it be better to harvest the yeast sooner and store in the fridge rather than let it sit at room temp for a couple more weeks under the beer? I also noticed that Mr. Malty calculates viability for the "Re-pitch from Slurry" option based on harvest date. It doesn't take into account how long the batch fermented before the yeast was harvested. What I did was tell Mr. Malty that I harvested the yeast 4 weeks ago (when my beer was two weeks in) in order to calculate my viability.