A3k
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Hey guys and girls,
I managed to get my hands on some WY1469 Gen 0 thanks to boiler boy, which is a favorite of many, and now unavailable.
I made a decent starter, then made a bitter out of it. The beer took off like crazy and the krausen overflowed. (I used gladwrap, so was all good)
Anyway, as its now unavailable I thought it try and capture as much of it as possible.
What I wanted to know is which yeast sample to keep, and if theres an order youd suggest to use them in.
Sample 1: Excess slurry from starter.
Sample 2: Krausen x 2 jars, then topped with boiled and cooled water.
Sample 3: 500mL Slurry from Primary This is my major worry. I used gladwrap on top of the fermenter. But when the fermentation went crazy, it left lots of crap on the sides of the fermenter. It was in the Fermenter for about 3weeks while I got a free keg. By the time I got to taking out of primary, there were jumpy little bugs jumping around the fermenter. I didnt see any inside the fermenter, but none inside it. The samples from the fermenter tasted amazing.
Should I just keep Samples 1 & 2 and use as little as possible to get me by as long as possible.
OR do I keep Sample 3.
Also, is there one type of sample that will last longer than others.
There is also the option of making up a heap of slants. Ive been doing this a lot lately, maybe I should do the same with this one.
Cheers,
Al
I managed to get my hands on some WY1469 Gen 0 thanks to boiler boy, which is a favorite of many, and now unavailable.
I made a decent starter, then made a bitter out of it. The beer took off like crazy and the krausen overflowed. (I used gladwrap, so was all good)
Anyway, as its now unavailable I thought it try and capture as much of it as possible.
What I wanted to know is which yeast sample to keep, and if theres an order youd suggest to use them in.
Sample 1: Excess slurry from starter.
Sample 2: Krausen x 2 jars, then topped with boiled and cooled water.
Sample 3: 500mL Slurry from Primary This is my major worry. I used gladwrap on top of the fermenter. But when the fermentation went crazy, it left lots of crap on the sides of the fermenter. It was in the Fermenter for about 3weeks while I got a free keg. By the time I got to taking out of primary, there were jumpy little bugs jumping around the fermenter. I didnt see any inside the fermenter, but none inside it. The samples from the fermenter tasted amazing.
Should I just keep Samples 1 & 2 and use as little as possible to get me by as long as possible.
OR do I keep Sample 3.
Also, is there one type of sample that will last longer than others.
There is also the option of making up a heap of slants. Ive been doing this a lot lately, maybe I should do the same with this one.
Cheers,
Al