Yeast harvest from Bells cans?

[MplsUgly]

I guess time will tell but maybe someone here has already done this. I just tried to scavenge th dregs from 5 cans of two hearted to make a starter. I kinda tore the cans open to take a look at the yeast content and dump them but I didn't see much yeast content like you do in a bottle.

Does bells filter the caned beer or are cans not viable for harvesting yeast? I dumped all 5 cans in and hit go on the stir plate, say a prayer and call it good I guess!

 

[MplsUgly]

24 hrs and It looks like it's building some yeast so maybe this will work.

 

[Dcpcooks]

Bells is unfiltered and recommends a small starter of 1.020 for the 1st step. I believe they say 100 ml for the 1st step.

You can google search harvesting bells yeast and it should pop up or at least it used to.

 

[Dcpcooks]

Yep still on the web
https://www.bellsbeer.com/news/how-culture-bell-s-house-yeast-bottle-bell-s-beer

 

[MplsUgly]

Well it worked. I've got a really nice batch of yeast but to be honest, I don't want to brew in sub zero temps this weekend. What can I do to save this starter for a later date? How long can it last? I think I can just dump it into a clean sanitized mason jar and put it in the fridge for a couple weeks?? The. When I want to brew decant, feed with a new batch of wort and let it wake up?

Any advice on keeping yeast happy for a couple weeks?

 

[hottpeper13]

I would treat it like an over build starter and just store it in fridge until ready. what I do is decant put in about 1 qt starter fluid and let her rip for 24 hrs then pitch the whole thing in. If the wort is higher then 1.050 I will take 1 qt from the boil after 10 min and chill and pitch that on top then pitch the whole thing at high krausen. Isee activity in 4-6 hrs with every yeast except BRY-97 that one is going by morning ~ 12-16 hrs.