I know That I posted this a couple of years ago but here it is again.
I have several strains of yeast that I use regularly and this is one that I saved in 2013 and it is still going strong.
WLP 037.
36 houres into the ferment remove some wort from below the krausen and put it in a bottle like this.
For safety sake you can take two bottles.
When your wort in the FV has reached the required gravity for bottling or kegging simply remove the airlock on your sample bottle and close the flip top.
store for 14 days at room temperature and then place it in the fridge. The yeast cake seen on on the bottom of the bottle will remain viable for two years and probably more.
You will never need to buy the same yeast again. Certainly for ten years
Saving yeast
Saving yeast
"You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on." Dean Martin
1. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, thoroughly used, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming... "f*ck, what a trip
It's better to lose time with friends than to lose friends with time (Portuguese proverb)
Alone we travel faster
Together we travel further
( In an admonishing email from our golf club)
1. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, thoroughly used, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming... "f*ck, what a trip
It's better to lose time with friends than to lose friends with time (Portuguese proverb)
Alone we travel faster
Together we travel further
( In an admonishing email from our golf club)
Re: Saving yeast
True, but where that fit on my "effort" scale?
- These days I'm using Crossmyloof dried yeast 90p/pack delivered if you buy ten - chuck it in!
- I sometimes step up the free yeast from a bottle of Proper Job or similar
- I've got some slants of Wyeast 1469 untouched for a couple of years
Re: Saving yeast
I have filled 250 ml bottles and frozen them. Works well.
But like you CML get a big tick from me
But like you CML get a big tick from me