I've notice that if I drink it at refrigerator temperatures it does indeed have a pretty strong alcohol flavor. But the drinks from the bottom of the glass seemed better. So I started serving this at 55F and it's much, much better when it isn't so cold. Try serving it a little warmer and see what you think.
WLP026 is ugly.
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I've notice that if I drink it at refrigerator temperatures it does indeed have a pretty strong alcohol flavor. But the drinks from the bottom of the glass seemed better. So I started serving this at 55F and it's much, much better when it isn't so cold. Try serving it a little warmer and see what you think.
I just picked up two vials of this from my LHBS, they're expired so I got them for $3/vial.
I have no plans to brew a beer using this strain right away, but I want to cultivate it to use later.
I'm very new to this, but I'm thinking:
- Pitch both vials into a 2L 1.040 starter
- Run it on the stir plate for 48 hrs
- Sterilize a few jars in a pressure canner
- Jar the whole deal in a few pint jars without decanting the liquid
- Use each jar as if it was a fresh vial for the next six months or so
Any pointers? I'm really excited to use this yeast!
I have no plans to brew a beer using this strain right away, but I want to cultivate it to use later.
I'm very new to this, but I'm thinking:
- Pitch both vials into a 2L 1.040 starter
- Run it on the stir plate for 48 hrs
- Sterilize a few jars in a pressure canner
- Jar the whole deal in a few pint jars without decanting the liquid
- Use each jar as if it was a fresh vial for the next six months or so
Any pointers? I'm really excited to use this yeast!
Freezeblade
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if you're planning on using this within 6 months or so, I say don't worry about re-culturing for now, just make a bigger-than-usual starter before you're going to brew, or step up a starter a few times.
No reason to risk any contamination by opening it up and doing a starter now, just to save it for later.
No reason to risk any contamination by opening it up and doing a starter now, just to save it for later.
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I just shook the vial for 30 minutes and it still had like 15 minutes more to get it suspended so I could pour. I had the vial sitting on the cap in the fridge, so I ended up sterilizing a toothpick to scrape through the concrete cake still at the top. By the time I had cleared the top, it was already sticking again to the bottom of the vial. I think I was able to get 80% of the vial into the flask. A couple large chunks ended up on the stir plate and had to be thrown out. WLP022 is like peanut butter; WLP026 is like weak concrete.
Update: 2.5 hours after dropping into the flask, the WLP026 has a very large collection of large bubbles going. It took off fast and amazingly large bubbles.
Update: 2.5 hours after dropping into the flask, the WLP026 has a very large collection of large bubbles going. It took off fast and amazingly large bubbles.
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