Hefe Yeast Wash?

[joeirvine]

Just took a look at the yeast washing sticky and thought it would be a good idea to start doing this with some of the yeasts.

Every month or so I've been doing a very simple Hefeweizen.... Just 6 pounds wheat dme, 1lb caramel 20L, and WL 300 I believe is the strain I've been using. I ordered the yeast in a bulk and never knew of washing.... Now can this be done with this particular yeast and is that all I will need or am I still going to have to order more of it for the batch?

 

[Paymygasbill77]

If you wash your yeast properly you should be able to use one batch of yeast for one batch of beer. I just started washing my yeast 2 batches ago. I still make a yeast starter to wake the yeast up again and to increase the cell count. The batch that I made with the washed yeast had a 3 hour lag time for WLP380 Hefeweizen IV.

 

[joeirvine]

Awesome thanks for you help.

 

[Paymygasbill77]

No problem.

I can't think of a time it would be a bad Idea to make a yeast starter.