I'm making an extract clone of La Fin du Monde. Since wyeast 3864 isn't available now, I decided to try to harvest the yeast from a bottle. I started with a 150 ml wort and the dregs of 1 bottle. I didn't think it worked, but finally got some pretty good activity after 6 says. I then transfered the dregs of that to a 750 mL wort and it took off immediately. After 2 days, activity has subsided (that's where I'm at now). My intent is to decant the liquid and pitch the yeast into my 5 gal wort tonight.
My concern is that if i have enough viable yeast for this beer. I spent close to $70 on ingredients and don't want to ruin it. One thing I'm considering is pitching the yeast and letting it go, but if for whatever reason the fermentation gets stuck, I have a vial of wlp530 on hand to make a yeast starter.
Any suggestions? Am I worrying too much. FWIW the beer tasted really good from the 150ml starter. OG should be around 1.09. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
My concern is that if i have enough viable yeast for this beer. I spent close to $70 on ingredients and don't want to ruin it. One thing I'm considering is pitching the yeast and letting it go, but if for whatever reason the fermentation gets stuck, I have a vial of wlp530 on hand to make a yeast starter.
Any suggestions? Am I worrying too much. FWIW the beer tasted really good from the 150ml starter. OG should be around 1.09. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.