Dead Guy Ale and Pacman yeast?

[MBasile]

So you are saying that it actually looks like you are getting reproduction? Cool. Keep us posted and if you have a nice band of yeast on the bottom, get a picture. It will put a lot of questions about the viability of pacman in bottles of DG..

It's still going too! I'll probably try stepping it up again tomorrow night or Saturday morning. Like I said, I'm hoping to use it Monday.

 

[MBasile]

Just stepped up the starter with some more wort (not sure of the total volume used). Like I said before, I'm planning on using this yeast for Monday's brew, so I'll keep you guys updated on how it does. If the fermentation is a success I'm going to wash it and use it again. After that I'll start over again from one bottle and take pictures daily.

 

[bhatchable]

I've done this sucessfully with double dead guy and their chipotle ale. start with a tiny mason jar starter, 1.020 gravity with a touch of yeastie food (i use fermax in every starter and batch). eventually step it up usually twice to a 3 liter 1.040 starter. crash cool, decant and pitch fat yeast cake. one week process. very easy

 

[MBasile]

Pitched the starter from the single DGA bottle at 7:30 last night. At 2:30AM there was a small amount of bubbling which is not indicative of fermentation. At 7:30AM there was more vigorous bubbling and some krausen.

Go pacman yeasties, go!!!