washed yeast question...

[goose1873]

I washed us-05 2 days ago and fridged 5 pint jars. I had a gallon of washed yeast in suspension before siphoning off the 5 jars. I planned to dump the remaining yeast (once settled) into a fresh batch but wasn't able to brew until today.

So I have a starile gallon jug with about .5 inch yeast cake and 3 pints of h2o. my question is can i just decant, resuspend in a little sterile water and pitch? it has not been refrigerated but had remained airtight, and in the low 60'sF.

I don't have the time to make a starter but think the cell count should be more then enough...

thoughts?

thanks

 

[goose1873]

has anyone pitched washed yeast that sat at room temp before? should be about 4x the cells in a pint of washed yeast??

 

[Got Trub?]

You will be fine. I highly recommend using Mr Malty's pitching calculator to determine the appropriate amount of slurry to pitch. http://www.mrmalty.com/calc/calc.html

GT