Strange Idea for getting Hefe Yeast

[kinkothecarp]

So, I want to do a Paulener Clone. I was curious, has anyone ever tried just dumping a bottle of Paulener into the wort to put in the yeast and ferment it?

 

[AviatorTroy]

They say the yeast in the bottle is a different yeast than was used during fermentation, but I have nothing to back that up. I myself am a fan of White Labs 300, which I have used over and over, even harvested some after the fact from my own bottles. Now that, I can tell you will work fine, but you have to make a starter and ramp it up before pitching.

 

[dantodd]

you would be dramatically underpitching even if the yeast is the same strain.

 

[bmsteele]

You could always pour in the whole six pack.

 

[doctorRobert]

You can harvest the yeast from bottles. Never done it but do a google search you'll find a lot of how-to's. People do successfully do this.

 

[NoNothing]

You would have to harvest the yeast and step it up with starters to get it to pitching cell count

 

[remilard]

You can probably harvest the yeast from the bottle, but it is a lager strain.

 

[DerBraumeister]

If you have Schneider Weisse available to you, then you can use the yeast from that.

 

[strat_thru_marshall]

You could always pour in the whole six pack.

buy a 12 pack and drink half of em!

 

[kinkothecarp]

I was thinking more like just pouring in the bottle without harvesting. But I guess it won't work.