Stone 15 question

[mandelbrot5]

Long story short, I was in lower Manhattan with an old friend, showing him my adopted city when I came upon a bar that looked cool, so we went in. He got a fine single malt scotch, and as the nice man behind the bar gave me my Stone IPA I spotted an odd bottle in the beer case that looked like a stone beer, but one I've never seen. I asked about it and the nice man handed it to me, without opening it. It was (is) a bottle of Stone 15, Imperial Black IPA. It is bottle conditioned, and the nice man looked away as I placed it in a big pocket after paying for it (don't ask how much).

My question is, should I harvest the yeast... and if so, how...

Edit:

My drunk ass forgot to point out that I want to drink the beer tonight, and all I have is raw sugar and a jar...

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

I've had the beer, and I didn't get the sense that it was using any different yeast than any other standard Stone beers. I'm also not 100% certain, but I don't recall any yeast sediment in the pour -- I think it might not be bottle-conditioned.

So I'd say skip the harvest, drink it and be merry (which shouldn't be a problem after Stone 15th).

 

[mandelbrot5]

Well, the bottle says that it is. I just didn't want to waste yeast on such a find. Yes, yes I'm sure the west coast is full of it. But good craft beer is hard to find here in NYC, I feel that I have left the mecca of beer back in Seattle. Hope I can help Brooklyn be the new mecca...

 

[mandelbrot5]

OMFG... this beer... It is full of stars...

 

[mttaylor1066]

I'm not sure, but doesn't Stone use the same yeast for many of their brews?

I remember hearing that from some one who knows the industry. I could be wrong.