I brewed an amber ale a couple of weeks back, and after racking the beer to the second, I shook the remains and bottled it. Next, I threw the bottles in the fridge.
I was extra sanitary while doing this.
Yesterday I wanted to brew, so I pulled out one of the yeast bottles and set it on the counter. I was thinking that I would wait for it to get to room temp and then add it to a starter. As I was waiting it crossed my mind that there were probably fermentables in the bottle still and when they get to a certain temp they will start working. So, I made my starter real quick and I looked in the bottle and sure enough I could see the yeast churning in there.
When I opened the bottle it gushed out all over the place. There was still quite a bit left in the bottle, and it got my starter going, but I wanted to tell everyone that if you are going to try to save your yeast like that pop the top right out of the fridge and put it in a sanitized airlock container to warm up.
I was extra sanitary while doing this.
Yesterday I wanted to brew, so I pulled out one of the yeast bottles and set it on the counter. I was thinking that I would wait for it to get to room temp and then add it to a starter. As I was waiting it crossed my mind that there were probably fermentables in the bottle still and when they get to a certain temp they will start working. So, I made my starter real quick and I looked in the bottle and sure enough I could see the yeast churning in there.
When I opened the bottle it gushed out all over the place. There was still quite a bit left in the bottle, and it got my starter going, but I wanted to tell everyone that if you are going to try to save your yeast like that pop the top right out of the fridge and put it in a sanitized airlock container to warm up.