... I keep getting differing (but not greatly) advice on this... from searches here, local HB shop, Papazian book...
I have a couple vials of WL yeast that I'd like to split across 3+ batches.
Can I boil me up some high hop wort, put about 6 oz each 3 sterilized bottles, and pour about 1/3 of the vial into each bottle (thru a sterilized funnel)? (affix small rubber stoppers with airlocks as well)
papazian then says something about propagating again - this mean add that 6 oz to more sterile wort to multiply the yeast again?
What about using yeast from storebought brew? I bought a local brew over the weekend (not local to home, I was 5 hr away at a conference) that says it's bottle conditioned and made with Alt yeast. I can see the sediment in the bottom. One guy says (customer at local HB shop), just pour the drinkable into a glass, leave the sediment in the bottle, swab / flame the bottle, and add sterile culturing wort and a stopper.
No mention of "washing" there. Papazian dont' mention it. Others do.
What's a fellow to do?
I have a couple vials of WL yeast that I'd like to split across 3+ batches.
Can I boil me up some high hop wort, put about 6 oz each 3 sterilized bottles, and pour about 1/3 of the vial into each bottle (thru a sterilized funnel)? (affix small rubber stoppers with airlocks as well)
papazian then says something about propagating again - this mean add that 6 oz to more sterile wort to multiply the yeast again?
What about using yeast from storebought brew? I bought a local brew over the weekend (not local to home, I was 5 hr away at a conference) that says it's bottle conditioned and made with Alt yeast. I can see the sediment in the bottom. One guy says (customer at local HB shop), just pour the drinkable into a glass, leave the sediment in the bottle, swab / flame the bottle, and add sterile culturing wort and a stopper.
No mention of "washing" there. Papazian dont' mention it. Others do.
What's a fellow to do?