thanks, I rember seeing them being used to make bottles in the past. did not know they were the same thing. I still have a few white tubes. I do not usualy harvest yeast so we will see how it goes. I have never washed yeast and not sure if I will have to. I was just going to make a starter...
I had a Wyeast propagator in the fridge since February 2010 and my LHBS said do not use it so stupid me bought new yeast. You know when you want to brew you can not wait another day. Well I smacked the propagator anyway to see if it would work. In less than 48 hours it is swelled to the max...