Can you harvest yeast from Rouge Dead Guy Ale?

[cbehr]

At the beach and grabbed a six pack. Since this is on my brew list can I harvest the yeast to use later?

 

[raouliii]

I've read here that Rogue Dead Guy is filtered, so that might prove difficult. There are other Rogue brews that are reportedly not filtered that might work better.

BTW, I purchased Wyeast Rogue Pacman yeast from Morebeer.com last week.

 

[motobrewer]

if you kill the brewmaster, you could harvest yeast from a Rouge Dead Guy.

 

[adamjackson]

http://www.rebelbrewer.com/shoppingcart/products/Pacman-Yeast-from-Rogue-%2d-Wyeast-1764.html - $7.99. Culturing this might be easier.

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

http://www.rebelbrewer.com/shoppingcart/products/Pacman-Yeast-from-Rogue-%2d-Wyeast-1764.html - $7.99. Culturing this might be easier.

Not to mention, if you culture it, your yeast will come with free beer!! :rockin:

 

[raouliii]

http://www.rebelbrewer.com/shoppingcart/products/Pacman-Yeast-from-Rogue-%2d-Wyeast-1764.html - $7.99. Culturing this might be easier.

But it's "currently unavailable".

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

But it's "currently unavailable".

It's a seasonal strain, I believe early spring is when it's available. As mentioned before, it's available year 'round in bottles of delicious Rogue beer.

 

[Kealia]

Order from MoreBeer. I was just in the Palo Alto store earlier this week and saw some in the fridge.

Linky.

 

[cbehr]

It's a seasonal strain, I believe early spring is when it's available. As mentioned before, it's available year 'round in bottles of delicious Rogue beer.

So there is another Rouge beer I could buy/drink then harvest the yeast if Dead Guy doesn't work so well?

 

[bad67z]

From this page on Rogue's website:

Yeast: Rogue’s proprietary ale yeast is PacMan. "Pacman is really great yeast; everything about it is good. Pacman attenuates well, is alcohol tolerant, and it produces beers with no diacetyl if the beer is well made. It’s very flocculent, which makes it a great choice for bottle conditioning. I ferment almost all my beers at 60deg.F; once in a while for certain styles I’ll ferment as high as 70deg.F, but never higher. Use lots of oxygen, and a high pitch rate. I never repitch past the 6th generation, and I always use Wyeast Yeast Nutrient."

Sounds like they use it in most ales, find an unfiltered one and your set.

 

[omokoro]

I tried and failed. I attempted to harvest from one 12oz bottle of Dead Guy and another bottle of Allagash White, the White took off and Dead Guy essentially spoiled.

 

[Lyikos]

I had also attempted to culture dead guy trub. Its been 4 weeks, the airlock is still bubbing despite it being a 500mL flask, and the attenuation is barely 50%. I have a feeling it was filtered then bottle conditioned with simple carbs and fresh yeast, so I must try an unfiltered style they make.

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

So there is another Rouge beer I could buy/drink then harvest the yeast if Dead Guy doesn't work so well?

Their stout and brown ale seem to be the best ones to harvest from. I've only ever done it from the Shakespeare Stout. Use a few bottles of dregs, and pitch into a really small, low grav. starter. Like ~250 ml @ 1.020. Let that go, it won't get very active, but you'll get some yeast on the bottom of the flask. Cold crash, decant the 'beer' and pitch the slurry into ~500 ml @ 1.020 and repeat. Pitch slurry into ~500 ml @ 1.040 and repeat. That should give you enough slurry to make a ~1-1.5 L starter.