I finally got my hands on some Wyeast 2035 PC American Lager yeast that I have been after for a couple years. Its a great strain for pre-prohibition lagers. This is a limited edition yeast that is not always available. Wyeast finally made it available for a limited time earlier this year.
I just brewed my pre-pro lager and its now out of the primary and lagering. I wasn’t able to keep any yeast from the primary because I do not have a dedicated 50 degree fermentation space where I will be able to ferment another lager at 50 degrees anytime soon. I use my kegerator for fermenting and it can only be either 50 degrees for doing the primary or 35 degrees for lagering/serving - can’t do both obviously.
I would like to save some of this yeast since its limited availability. I did not save it out of the primary but there will be yeast in the secondary. I just put it up to lager and plan to lager it for a month, so around May 15 I will keg this beer.
I don’t have slants and agar and I’m not sure I want to get into all that. I’ve read about people saving yeast in sterile water. So when I keg this around the middle of May can I save some yeast out of the secondary and put it in a small mason jar under sterile (pre-boiled and cooled) water in the fridge? How long will it last? I don’t plan to probably brew with this again before August.
Just a shame to not be able to get this yeast on a regular basis. There’s no real equivalent. Closest I can tell is either WLP840 or Wyeast 2124. I suppose I could always use 34/70 but I’m not sure its the same. I’d like to save some of this yeast but don’t bank yeast.
Thanks
I just brewed my pre-pro lager and its now out of the primary and lagering. I wasn’t able to keep any yeast from the primary because I do not have a dedicated 50 degree fermentation space where I will be able to ferment another lager at 50 degrees anytime soon. I use my kegerator for fermenting and it can only be either 50 degrees for doing the primary or 35 degrees for lagering/serving - can’t do both obviously.
I would like to save some of this yeast since its limited availability. I did not save it out of the primary but there will be yeast in the secondary. I just put it up to lager and plan to lager it for a month, so around May 15 I will keg this beer.
I don’t have slants and agar and I’m not sure I want to get into all that. I’ve read about people saving yeast in sterile water. So when I keg this around the middle of May can I save some yeast out of the secondary and put it in a small mason jar under sterile (pre-boiled and cooled) water in the fridge? How long will it last? I don’t plan to probably brew with this again before August.
Just a shame to not be able to get this yeast on a regular basis. There’s no real equivalent. Closest I can tell is either WLP840 or Wyeast 2124. I suppose I could always use 34/70 but I’m not sure its the same. I’d like to save some of this yeast but don’t bank yeast.
Thanks