I want to wash and reuse 3864-PC, from Wyeast's Private Collection
The beer I'm brewing is O.G. 1.085 and contains 1# corn sugar, hopefully ending at 1.017 = ABV 9%.
Wyeast recommends not washing yeast on an beer with ABV over 6.5%
My concerns are the ABV, and the corn sugar content.
I understand that the yeast get rather lazy eating simple sugars, and was concerned about this having negative impact on any yeast I wash from the cake on this brew.
I kinda think that the ABV will not be as big an issue on this yeast, as it's a high alcohol tolerant strain, but wanted feedback on this concern as well.
The beer I'm brewing is O.G. 1.085 and contains 1# corn sugar, hopefully ending at 1.017 = ABV 9%.
Wyeast recommends not washing yeast on an beer with ABV over 6.5%
My concerns are the ABV, and the corn sugar content.
I understand that the yeast get rather lazy eating simple sugars, and was concerned about this having negative impact on any yeast I wash from the cake on this brew.
I kinda think that the ABV will not be as big an issue on this yeast, as it's a high alcohol tolerant strain, but wanted feedback on this concern as well.