sicktght311
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Backstory.....I brewed a NEIPA with Imperial A38 Juice back in Feb of which i built a yeast starter and split the starter into 2 jars. One for the NEIPA, one for the fridge for the future. I also did the same with Imperial Barbarian as i was going to brew a Heady Topper clone, but never got to brew it. Two jars in the fridge, likely around 200b cells each when i jar'ed them in late Feb/Early March. Fast forward a few days later, my father passed away, and then 2 days after driving to Florida for that, my house filled with smoke and soot due to a faulty oil burner. Entire basement and brewing area had to be torn apart, cleaned, etc. But everything in the fridge was unaffected since its a fridge that doesnt have a fan/vent system to distribute the air. Plus they were in sealed containers.
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I saved them, and have been planning to use them for the future, but by this point, they're likely degraded down to about 25% yeast viability at most, giving me 25-50b cells to work with. Originally i thought "JUST DO A BIG STARTER TWICE!", but now i'm reading i should be doing successive smaller starters to build back to a point where i can treat the yeast as if it just came in brand new packaging and i can build a starter for a brew and one to save for future generations. But, my concern now is by the time i get to the brew, and the jar i'll save for the future, i'm on generation 5 or 6, built from a low yield. Is there concerns about yeast health here? Or am i overthinking it
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I saved them, and have been planning to use them for the future, but by this point, they're likely degraded down to about 25% yeast viability at most, giving me 25-50b cells to work with. Originally i thought "JUST DO A BIG STARTER TWICE!", but now i'm reading i should be doing successive smaller starters to build back to a point where i can treat the yeast as if it just came in brand new packaging and i can build a starter for a brew and one to save for future generations. But, my concern now is by the time i get to the brew, and the jar i'll save for the future, i'm on generation 5 or 6, built from a low yield. Is there concerns about yeast health here? Or am i overthinking it