Best beers to harvest yeast from

I remember when SNPA was bottle conditioned...

I see the most knowledgable beer brewers saving bottom of the bottle stuff at our tastings.

Originally posted by 502F
I remember when SNPA was bottle conditioned...

Originally posted by bitbucket

Originally posted by DA
what kind of yeast do you want?

And why do you want to do this in the first place? Most of the useful yeast strains are available from your local homebrew store, and it’s less work to buy them than to propagate them from the little bit left in a bottle.

Originally posted by InvalidStout

Originally posted by bitbucket

Originally posted by DA
what kind of yeast do you want?

And why do you want to do this in the first place? Most of the useful yeast strains are available from your local homebrew store, and it’s less work to buy them than to propagate them from the little bit left in a bottle.

A bottle of beer is a fraction of the price of liquid yeast, and you get free beer. Propagating it from a bottle isn’t any harder than making a starter.

Originally posted by HornyDevil

Originally posted by InvalidStout

Originally posted by bitbucket

Originally posted by DA
what kind of yeast do you want?

And why do you want to do this in the first place? Most of the useful yeast strains are available from your local homebrew store, and it’s less work to buy them than to propagate them from the little bit left in a bottle.

A bottle of beer is a fraction of the price of liquid yeast, and you get free beer. Propagating it from a bottle isn’t any harder than making a starter.

Exactly.

Originally posted by bitbucket
Actually, you’re making a starter for your starter, and you ultimately have to make the starter as well. (Or, in the worst case scenario, a starter for the starter for your starter.) So, while the process is roughly the same each time, going through the process multiple times is harder unless your time is meaningless, and you were either going to do this or just play another ten games of computer solitaire to fight off the boredom.

And then there is the lag between the time when you start all this, and the time you get to brew beer. If you get a bottle-conditioned beer you’re ahead of the game as compared to force carbed beers that still have viable yeast. And speaking of viability, there’s no guarantee of high viability, because that’s not on the brewer’s radar for the beer by the time it gets to you. I’m not saying it can’t be done, it’s just not as easy.