metanoia
Well-Known Member
I know that there's a very similar thread on the first page of these section of the forum right now, but I didn't want to hijack it for a slightly different question.
I'm planning on picking up some WLP300 tomorrow for my hefe brew this weekend and wanted to stretch it a bit farther than one brew. I plan on making a mid-sized starter and following the same instructions from here: http://brulosophy.com/methods/yeast-harvesting/
Since I plan on making a few beers with the yeast over the next 3-6 months, I'd like to split the first starter up into 5 parts, 4 parts for storage and 1 part to build into another starter for my Saturday brewday. The plan is to start the first starter tomorrow night, cold crash Thursday night, split the starter on Friday evening and start making my brew starter with one part, and put the other 4 jars in the fridge for storage.
First of all, does this sounds like a viable plan? I plan on using 3 of the jars over the next 3-6 months, and then when I get to the last one repeat this process again using the last jar just like the original yeast vial. I figure that since the guy who wrote the tutorial says he has successfully done this 12-13 times with only splitting once, I would still have viable yeast after 48+ brews since it would only be on the 12th generation by then, just like his example.
Second, size. I'd really like to use some 4oz baby food jars for storing the extra parts of yeast, since I will be doing this with WLP001 and WLP013 in the future and the compact size of the jars in the fridge would certainly appease SWMBO. I do have an endless supply of these smaller jars as well as dozens of pint-sized mason jars, so it's not an issue of buying vessels. I assume that the yeast in 4oz of the fermented starter should be enough to get another starter going in a few months, but I figured I'd see if anyone more experienced has something to say on the topic.
Thanks guys!
I'm planning on picking up some WLP300 tomorrow for my hefe brew this weekend and wanted to stretch it a bit farther than one brew. I plan on making a mid-sized starter and following the same instructions from here: http://brulosophy.com/methods/yeast-harvesting/
Since I plan on making a few beers with the yeast over the next 3-6 months, I'd like to split the first starter up into 5 parts, 4 parts for storage and 1 part to build into another starter for my Saturday brewday. The plan is to start the first starter tomorrow night, cold crash Thursday night, split the starter on Friday evening and start making my brew starter with one part, and put the other 4 jars in the fridge for storage.
First of all, does this sounds like a viable plan? I plan on using 3 of the jars over the next 3-6 months, and then when I get to the last one repeat this process again using the last jar just like the original yeast vial. I figure that since the guy who wrote the tutorial says he has successfully done this 12-13 times with only splitting once, I would still have viable yeast after 48+ brews since it would only be on the 12th generation by then, just like his example.
Second, size. I'd really like to use some 4oz baby food jars for storing the extra parts of yeast, since I will be doing this with WLP001 and WLP013 in the future and the compact size of the jars in the fridge would certainly appease SWMBO. I do have an endless supply of these smaller jars as well as dozens of pint-sized mason jars, so it's not an issue of buying vessels. I assume that the yeast in 4oz of the fermented starter should be enough to get another starter going in a few months, but I figured I'd see if anyone more experienced has something to say on the topic.
Thanks guys!