Reusing yeast...

[RobWalker]

So, I'm gonna harvest up my US-05 from my IPA. I've read the tutorials, very useful indeed, but will one of the tubes in the tutorial below be enough for a full batch, or will I have to make up a starter?

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[mattybabsy]

hi rob- in the middle of harvesting and reusing yeast myself. found mr malty a little difficult to understand and didnt really give me what I was looking for- http://yeastcalc.com/ tells you how much you'll need and how big a starter will give you it

also, for those test tubes, wyeast have some really interesting info- goto the bottom of this page and it gives you estimates of cell counts http://www.wyeastlab.com/hb_pitchrates.cfm


if you need any more help, fire us the info of your forthcoming beer!

 

[Duncs]

The tutorial does say

I find there is enough to in each of these tubes to pitch into a starter

so I'd make up a starter

 

[graysalchemy]

You will definitely need to make a starter. Or if you are going to breww again a few weeks after the last one keep the whole yeast cake, wash it and pitch the whole lot it will usually last a few weeks in the fridge if you are meticulously about sterilization.

I'm going to have a go at freezing yeast, been reading up about it.

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