best yeast to harvest

[sticksy]

so ive had pretty good success with my first go at harvesting yeast from a stubbie using Neils method.

I almost use the same technique, but instead of making a bit of starter wort to fill up the bottle I simply open up a small box of apple juice (20 cl) and pour that in the bottle. I give it a good swirl, put a balloon over the "neck" and set it on top of my set top box (which is always in de low 30°C).

In most cases the balloon will be erected after 24~36 hours and I will pour it into an erlenmeyer with starter wort and put it on the stirr plate.

Never had a failure except for one time I was growing bacteria instead of yeast (it smelled like the worst cheese you can imagine!).

Niels

except I dont have a stir plate but its still good.

this got me wondering, im going to harvest some Pacman from a dead guy pale ale next, what yeasts do you all like to harvest and from what beers?

 

[sticksy]

oh and big thank you to neils for this method. super easy for new brewers. I just swirl/shake whenever I pass it on the bench in the kitchen in leiu of a stir plate.