Commercial Beer Yeast Harvest List

[beergolf]

Great thread. I am just getting into harvesting yeast and this list is very good. a great reference source.

Anyone try harvesting Pranqster? Seems to be a lot of yeast in the bottles.

 

[captainoverspray]

I have a New Glarus spotted cow going right now. Not sure if it is the primary or bottling strain yet. Starter started within about for hours of adding the wort to the bottle. I will update with how this one turns out.

 

[PurpleJeepXJ]

You are correct. My original statement on that was off and It must have been a drinking night because I have no Idea where that info came from... Well one Idea but other stuff comes out of it too.

 

[bwomp313]

Does Ommegang use a different strain for bottling? I can't seem to remember.

 

[Revvy]

I've don't Hoegaarden, Maudite, Bells yeast and Pacman.

 

[Glossolalia]

I've had success harvesting microorganisms from dregs of 't Gaverhopke Extra, De Dolle Oerbier, Jolly Pumpkin Oro De Calabaza, Brasserie Ellezelloise Saison, de Zenne Brouwerij La Taras Boulba, and Valeir Divers.

 

[NEKvt]

I've done two batches now from the dregs of a DFH squall. Workhorse yeast. First batch went from 1.056 to 1.004, second went from 1.050 to 1.004. Seemed to ferment pretty clean and bring the hops out front.

 

[Brewitt]

Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
Russian River Racer 5 IPA
Both fermenting nicely on my IPAs

 

[runs4beer]

Does Ommegang use a different strain for bottling? I can't seem to remember.

According to many a sorce they only use one strain for all styles and condition with it too.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f163/ommegangs-yeast-228887/

I'm going to try to get a starter going from a bottle of their double and brew a strong dark this weekend.

 

[Accidic]

I called myself reading through the list so my apologies if I missed any obvious ones but are there any commercial lagers out there that bottle carb and can be cultured? I've never tried a lager but I watched my storeroom and it stayed between 50-58 last winter so I was thinking of giving one a try.

 

[KuntzBrewing]

I can confirm Anheiser busch shock top, I've got activity in my starter but used only the end of one beer so its lagging bad, but I can see small bubbles in my glass

 

[KuntzBrewing]

This should be a sticky in the yeast section!

 

[freshhoarse]

I've harvested successfully from Fegley's Brewworks Devious Pumpkin

 

[Bradinator]

I am trying to harvest the yeast from a bottle of Norwegian Wood Ale from Haandbryggeriet. There was sediment in the bottom, though I am starting to wonder if it was yeast or not...

 

[KuntzBrewing]

I am trying to harvest the yeast from a bottle of Norwegian Wood Ale from Haandbryggeriet. There was sediment in the bottom, though I am starting to wonder if it was yeast or not...

It takes some time, that bottle may have been on the shelf for a while so that yeast is pretty weak. Its gotta reproduce a **** ton to become real noticable

 

[DrDarwin]

I've don't Hoegaarden, Maudite, Bells yeast and Pacman.

Revvy, how did the Hoegaarden strain turn out?

 

[Bradinator]

It takes some time, that bottle may have been on the shelf for a while so that yeast is pretty weak. Its gotta reproduce a **** ton to become real noticable

I may step it up again with a bottle of malta this weekend to try to get a more noticeable amount of yeast.

 

[KuntzBrewing]

Yeah I put part of one beer in a starter and its taking forever but I do see little bubbles rising and if I shake it my airlock bubbles, its just taking a while lol

 

[Brewitt]

If the bottle is old beware that the yeast remaining may be pretty stressed and you may be selecting for yeast with mutations that are not going to be beneficial for brewing. My first rescued yeast was from a Stone IPA that had sat around quite a while in the warm and I seem to have grown up something that produced a lot of off flavors. I also just heard second hand that Stone uses a different bottling yeast. Not sure if that is the case but it is worth considering the possibility.

 

[runs4beer]

Looks like my attempt to harvest from a 750 of Ommegang is going well, I inoculated 250ml of 1.030 starter wort with the last inch in the bottle and put that on my stir plate for 4 days and saw only a little action (but did see some). Then pitched that into one liter of 1.040 starter wort and in 48 hours it has (as you can see) a nice thick krausen and smells like it should! I'm going to cold crash it when the krausen falls and brew a BPA and harvest from that and wash the cake.

 

[LVBen]

If the bottle is old beware that the yeast remaining may be pretty stressed and you may be selecting for yeast with mutations that are not going to be beneficial for brewing. My first rescued yeast was from a Stone IPA that had sat around quite a while in the warm and I seem to have grown up something that produced a lot of off flavors. I also just heard second hand that Stone uses a different bottling yeast. Not sure if that is the case but it is worth considering the possibility.

I think it is a good idea to taste the beer before using the yeast. If the beer tastes off, then don't use the yeast, but if the beer tastes good and fresh, then the yeast is probably equally good and fresh.

 

[runs4beer]

Never mind...

 

[Bradinator]

I may step it up again with a bottle of malta this weekend to try to get a more noticeable amount of yeast.

This was a no go. I tried for a second time and did get any fermentation from the sediment on the bottom. I am beginning to doubt it was yeast at all and if it was it may have been dead.

 

[Chazbeer]

Cool ! going to give this a go

I was in Belgium this summer and purchased a bottle of west Malle form the cafe at the monestary . Going to havest the yeast and brew a batch.

If any one is interested I may have a few extra slants to share , granted I'm successful

 

[Snotpoodle]

Anyone tried Delirium Tremens?

 

[statseeker]

I just harvested good yeast from a bottle of The Bruery Saison Rue. Nice little yeast cake at the bottom of the starter.

 

[dcp27]

Anyone tried Delirium Tremens?

I personally haven't, but a friend has with good results.

 

[badhabit]

Anyone reporting back on harvesting from NB Fat Tire. I got some of their yeast a couple years back when they were selling it in limited release from, White Labs, I think. I loves the yeast but didn't save/wash any so now I want to try and propigate some. I know it is a propriatery strain but I am afraid that the beer may be pasturized or they may use a second conditioning yeast????

 

[LVBen]

may be pasturized or they may use a second conditioning yeast????

It surprises me how often I hear this. Many breweries have ONE house yeast.
In order to use a different yeast for bottle conditioning, they would have to keep two yeast strains available, which seems very unlikely to me for many breweries.

 

[runs4beer]

It surprises me how often I hear this. Many breweries have ONE house yeast.
In order to use a different yeast for bottle conditioning, they would have to keep two yeast strains available, which seems very unlikely to me for many breweries.

To that point most of the north american brewery that we want the yeast from don't pasteurize and bottle condition with the same yeast...