I have so many jars of yeast in my fridge...

[z-bob]

Does your wife have an Instant Pot? That's a pressure cooker. Set the pressure control to High and that's about 15 lbs. (they tell you not to can in it I think because it's not a certified 15 psi, but canning is supposed to be done at 11 psi adjusted for altitude anyway)

 

[bobeer]

Nottingham has become my go-to for ales. I bounced between that, us05, and WL001 but have settled onto notty. Its just too versatile to use over a wide range of styles. Still keep a pack or two of 05 for a recipe that I dont want to mess with, though. I've also used T58 with good luck, and look forward to using it again sometime hopefully soon. My two hang ups are that I love WY2565 and WY1007. I have a pack of k97 and am hoping that I can use that in place of the 1007, but im at a loss for the kolsch yeast. That just might have to be a liquid purchase once or twice a year. Really excited to try the K97 in an alt, though.
Also grabbed a pack of lalbrew voss (didn't have the best luck with it, it got waaaaay orangey on me, possibly amplified by a healthy cascade/cent whirlpool), lalbrew verdant IPA, S-33, and Munich classic wheat. Really curious how the last one will compare with my dunkelweizen recipe. I haven't branched out much into lager yeasts, so im sticking with 34/70 and giving S189 a shot as well.
There's a heck of a lot of dry yeasts out there, haha.

Ahh yes, Notty is a great yeast.
Right there with you on the kolsh yeast. Jarred slurry would sit there for about a year or so and id probably buy a new pack anyway. k97 in an alt would probably be good as long as it ferments on the cool side of its range. Wlp810 would be a good yeast to cheat with too on an alt but it's not a dry yeast. I haven't played around with dry lager yeasts but maybe I will!

 

[Immocles]

Ahh yes, Notty is a great yeast.
Right there with you on the kolsh yeast. Jarred slurry would sit there for about a year or so and id probably buy a new pack anyway. k97 in an alt would probably be good as long as it ferments on the cool side of its range. Wlp810 would be a good yeast to cheat with too on an alt but it's not a dry yeast. I haven't played around with dry lager yeasts but maybe I will!

Yeah, nothing will probably completely replace 2565 for me. Next time I'll have to plan my life better so there isn't five months between brewing a kolsch and repitching into an alt. Have you tried the lalbrew koln? I havent heard great things.
I'm really just hoping for similar results with K97 compared to 1007. Some research shows it should be the same, or at least extremely similar. If I find that to be true, it may replace notty in a lot of brews. I may try a liquid lager strain later this winter, but I don't make starters because I mostly brew smaller batches, and I dont want to have to pitch multiple packs. Otherwise it's just way more convenient with smaller footprint to have a few packets of 34/70 or S189 on hand.

 

[chessking]

You are all over thinking this. Just buy 15 new fermenters, brew 15 batches, and the yeast storage problem is solved!

Of course, the fermenter storage problem has just begun..... But that problem is for a different thread.

 

[bobeer]

Yeah, nothing will probably completely replace 2565 for me. Next time I'll have to plan my life better so there isn't five months between brewing a kolsch and repitching into an alt. Have you tried the lalbrew koln? I havent heard great things.
I'm really just hoping for similar results with K97 compared to 1007. Some research shows it should be the same, or at least extremely similar. If I find that to be true, it may replace notty in a lot of brews. I may try a liquid lager strain later this winter, but I don't make starters because I mostly brew smaller batches, and I dont want to have to pitch multiple packs. Otherwise it's just way more convenient with smaller footprint to have a few packets of 34/70 or S189 on hand.

Havent heard of koln but sounds like that's a good thing haha.
I tend to not make starters with new liquid yeast unless I'm pitching it into a high gravity wort or a batch larger than 5 gallons. With the jarred slurry i do the same thing unless its over a month or two in the fridge. Then I'll make a quick wake up starter when the sparge is around 1.040 give or take and throw it on a stir plate while the brew is going on.
Brewing small batches is a lot of fun. I used to do a lot of that when my kids were really little. Its fun to brew "starter" low og beers then dump a huge beer on the slurry and let it rip!

 

[Immocles]

Brewing small batches is a lot of fun. I used to do a lot of that when my kids were really little. Its fun to brew "starter" low og beers then dump a huge beer on the slurry and let it rip!

Yep, thats exactly what I had been doing, but eventually got behind myself and bit off more than I could handle. I'll still rep itch slurry from a low OG brew from time to time I'm sure, but only if I KNOW thats going to be my next brew....
Not four brews and 3 and a half months later

 

[Golddiggie]

I'm going to harvest the yeast from the English IPA we brewed last, in the next day or two. Plan to use it in a batch next weekend (December 5/6) to brew it again. Easier to simply wash the yeast and maybe make a small (1L) starter at the beginning of the week than try to fight the insanity to get a fresh package of yeast.

 

[IslandLizard]

Hi!
I'm IslandLizard...
"Hi IslandLizard!"
I'm a yeast hoarder...

2 shelves in our kitchen fridge are taken up by 4 boxes filled with 4 and 8 oz jars of carefully curated yeast slurries.
I've not gotten into freezing them, yet. It's about time!

 

[IslandLizard]

I tend to not make starters with new liquid yeast unless I'm pitching it into a high gravity wort or a batch larger than 5 gallons.

Yowsers!
With "new liquid yeast" you mean newly bought yeast, regardless of packaging/manufacturing/best buy date?

I've had "new yeast" like that shipped from White Labs Vault that needed a week on an orbital lab shaker (like a stir plate, without the bean) to show decent viability. Of course, after the first round, I ran another starter round to be able to save enough out for a next brew.

 

[bobeer]

Yowsers!
With "new liquid yeast" you mean newly bought yeast, regardless of packaging/manufacturing/best buy date?

I've had "new yeast" like that shipped from White Labs Vault that needed a week on an orbital lab shaker (like a stir plate, without the bean) to show decent viability. Of course, after the first round, I ran another starter round to be able to save enough out for a next brew.

I try to only get liquid yeast from the lhbs to avoid the kind of issues you're talking about. I only pay the liquid yeast lhbs prices if the yeast package date is fresh- within a month or so- I've yet to have any issues. The wlp yeasts are usually about 13 or 14 bucks but its worth it to be able to look at the options, pick your own yeast, and take it right home.

 

[Beer666]

I am a bit OCD and i like to keep three jars of each strain just in case. I could really do with another fridge just for yeast. Probably have 30+ jars and loads of soda bottles full.

 

[z-bob]

I just dumped 6 jars. Still have 2 jars of kveik yeast; should get that down to 1 jar. (I really should dry some kveik yeast next time I brew with it) The freshest jar is under cider. Maybe I should make a starter with that to get it into a less hostile storage environment, then I can toss the 4 month old jar.

I only brew a few times a year, in a good year that might be 6 times. I would like to have a "house yeast" that I can brew everything with. The Voss kveik would almost do it if I kegged, but it struggles to carbonate because I can't keep the bottles warm enough except in the summer. Maybe kveik yeast in the summer and fall, and Kolsh or English ale yeast in the winter and spring. I really like the idea of freezing yeast because then I could do one-offs and save some to brew with again next year.