Sardoman said:I advise against it. The blowoff container had something like starsan, vodka or something in it, right? Even if it was just water, these are not ideal conditions for yeast. If you're going to wash and save yeast, save the good, happy yeast from the bottom of a fermenter of low to mid-gravity beer.
Instead of tossing the vial, I put in the fridge. After mashing I poured some cooed wort into the vial and let it sit at room temp for 24 hours. I then pitched into a 1800 ml starter. It took off like crazy
I use gasoline.
Genius! I knew I threw my WLP300 empty vial back in the fridge for a reason...
You know, many of the ancient brewers of indigenous cultures used to start their brews with a stick. It would be taken from the bottom of their previous brew with slimy yeast cake all over it and hung up to dry. All kinds of cracks and crevices for the yeast to hide. Anytime a new brew was made it would be tossed in and apparently there would be enough surviving yeast to start off the new brew. I was actually thinking of trying this method just for the sheer awesomeness of saying I had done so...
thegerm said:wait... what??
Kidding. I use s star San solution.
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