Year old harvested yeast

[Covrich]

After my work trip to Holland earlier this week I has a wiessbier in the hotel..

Now I know its not quite the same but it really reminded me of my witbier I made last year.. I harvested the yeast and put in a sanisiers jar (with a starter) a year ago... do you think its worth trying to revive this or just dump it.,?

I could build a small starter let it ferment out if at all and see what the wort turns out like as to whether its worth it or not.

 

[mickthetrick]

id try to get it going. you have nothing to lose really.

 

[GlentoranMark]

It will revive but getting enough cells might be tricky. I'd go for it as well, what have you to lose?

I've a Liquid Bock Yeast dated 6/16 in my fridge. I will use it but just haven't got around to it. It was a freebie from the houseofhomebrew.com as it was out of date when I was in the shop (great service as usual from those guys, really can't thank them enough)

 

[MyQul]

Deffo have a go at reviving it. I'd treat it like it was a commercial bottle conditoned beer and slowly step it up in a similar way

 

[ElvisIsBeer]

I've got a belgian yeast I harvested from a dubbel last autumn. I'm thinking of taking a sample and trying to see if it has life in it.

If it looks promising, I could give it a whirl. If it doesn't have enough in it to do the job, presuming I could just repitch with some new yeast.

 

[Covrich]

I've got a belgian yeast I harvested from a dubbel last autumn. I'm thinking of taking a sample and trying to see if it has life in it.

If it looks promising, I could give it a whirl. If it doesn't have enough in it to do the job, presuming I could just repitch with some new yeast.

I never got around do doing this on my wit but you may as well make a small starter and then build it up.. apart from a small bit of lme/dme you do not have a lot to lose.. I woudl certainly give it a whack