I currently have a pale ale (Wyeast #1056) with an OG of 1.045 that has been in the better bottle primary for 2wks and reached its FG of 1.012. I was planning on racking it to a secondary tonight and brewing up a batch of IIPA that calls for the same yeast and has an OG of 1.083 and pouring the cooled wort onto the existing yeast cake from the pale ale.
I have read a bunch of threads about pitching onto the yeast cake and I think I understand that it would be over pitching and the other concern being that if you over pitch you don't get the esters (do i have to worry about no esters with an IIPA, some of the threads said some beers wanted the yeast esters) you would want. The reason I would want to just pitch onto the yeast cake is to not have to worry about washing the yeast (i know it sounds simple but i tried to save yeast from my previous batch and it just didn't go smoothly so i am a little nervous) and so I pitch enough yeast for this bigger beer. I am also thinking it would be a little difficult to scoop out the yeast cake from the better bottle because it has such a small neck. Also if i do just pitch onto the yeast, how should I aerate? Also, I would be prepared to rig a blowoff tube either way.
And now this post has gotten long and rambling....thanks for any help.
I have read a bunch of threads about pitching onto the yeast cake and I think I understand that it would be over pitching and the other concern being that if you over pitch you don't get the esters (do i have to worry about no esters with an IIPA, some of the threads said some beers wanted the yeast esters) you would want. The reason I would want to just pitch onto the yeast cake is to not have to worry about washing the yeast (i know it sounds simple but i tried to save yeast from my previous batch and it just didn't go smoothly so i am a little nervous) and so I pitch enough yeast for this bigger beer. I am also thinking it would be a little difficult to scoop out the yeast cake from the better bottle because it has such a small neck. Also if i do just pitch onto the yeast, how should I aerate? Also, I would be prepared to rig a blowoff tube either way.
And now this post has gotten long and rambling....thanks for any help.