Tir727
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I had been fairly efficiently using/culturing my stores of WLP001, but blew it (underpitched) during my last brew and had to use my last two mason jars to get going. After checking threads about yeast washing ("bernie's" illustrated yeast-wash, and others), here's what I decided to do today...rack, brew and have a few!
1. I racked my SN Celebration Cloner to a corny.
1a. Had some Stone IPAs.
2. With the autosiphon, slurped up slurry to fill three 16oz sanitized mason jars.
3. transfered my Stone IPA Cloner (thanks Yooper) to my freshly cleaned/sanitzed 6-gallon carboy.
3a. Had more Stone IPAs.
4. Pitched approx. 10oz of unwashed slurry harvested as described above.
5. Proceeded to wash the other two mason jars worth of slurry and refrigerated.
Relevent notes on procedure: I brew as clean as necessary, but try to do things simply (two young kids and a wife limit my brew time). I throw hop pellets right in to the brew pot and use an immersion chiller, which produces quite a bit of sludge/hot break material. I try to limit the amount of sludge going into the primary, but ususally end up with 2 inches of trub (yeast cake and other stuff) following two weeks in primary.
Questions: Anyone had success/failure pitching unwashed slurry similar as described (I'm hoping I didn't screw the pooch)? Potential flavor issues? Suggestions on how to do it different next time?
Comments welcome, keep in mind I've only been at this for about 3/4 of a year (Fathers Day 2010). Thanks.
1. I racked my SN Celebration Cloner to a corny.
1a. Had some Stone IPAs.
2. With the autosiphon, slurped up slurry to fill three 16oz sanitized mason jars.
3. transfered my Stone IPA Cloner (thanks Yooper) to my freshly cleaned/sanitzed 6-gallon carboy.
3a. Had more Stone IPAs.
4. Pitched approx. 10oz of unwashed slurry harvested as described above.
5. Proceeded to wash the other two mason jars worth of slurry and refrigerated.
Relevent notes on procedure: I brew as clean as necessary, but try to do things simply (two young kids and a wife limit my brew time). I throw hop pellets right in to the brew pot and use an immersion chiller, which produces quite a bit of sludge/hot break material. I try to limit the amount of sludge going into the primary, but ususally end up with 2 inches of trub (yeast cake and other stuff) following two weeks in primary.
Questions: Anyone had success/failure pitching unwashed slurry similar as described (I'm hoping I didn't screw the pooch)? Potential flavor issues? Suggestions on how to do it different next time?
Comments welcome, keep in mind I've only been at this for about 3/4 of a year (Fathers Day 2010). Thanks.