Pitching a cream ale this afternoon and I've run out of US-05 or anything remotely similar. However I'm bottling an oatmeal stout today and will have a shedload of sediment, Wyeast 1084 Irish Ale.
It's a good clean fermenting yeast, especially at lower temps so should be good in the cream ale. Now of course it is going to be as black as the ace of spades so I'll need to wash it a couple of times before pitching into the light straw coloured cream ale.
I was thinking that I might do the 'acid wash' thing as well.
Since Starsan is Phosphoric acid based, would a weakish solution be a good medium for washing? Has anyone acid washed using Starsan?
It's a good clean fermenting yeast, especially at lower temps so should be good in the cream ale. Now of course it is going to be as black as the ace of spades so I'll need to wash it a couple of times before pitching into the light straw coloured cream ale.
I was thinking that I might do the 'acid wash' thing as well.
Since Starsan is Phosphoric acid based, would a weakish solution be a good medium for washing? Has anyone acid washed using Starsan?