OpenSights
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Picked up a vial from my closing LHBS for free today since the “best by” date is tomorrow.
https://www.whitelabs.com/yeast-bank/wlp099-super-high-gravity-ale-yeast
A few questions as this is my first liquid yeast. I plan on making a starter with it to hopefully store and use over and over. So while I aggressively research keeping a viable yeast colony, can anyone give me a crash course on the first few steps? How much DME/water for the first starter, temperature to pitch. Do I use a second beaker to make another starter, or just add extra DME, maybe some nutrient? I don’t have a stir plate, but do have a heat plate. I have the larger beaker too.
With a tolerance of up to 25% ABV with sugar additions during fermentation. While I don’t think I want to brew a beer that strong, I’d like to use it for stouts, meads, maybe some wine, but want to get it going first.
Anyone have experience with working with this yeast? Any recipes? Change in flavor at different ABVs?
I stocked up on dry yeast and hops. I put the hops in the brew fridge freezer. Is it ok to store yeast in the freezer?
Thanks in advance!
https://www.whitelabs.com/yeast-bank/wlp099-super-high-gravity-ale-yeast
A few questions as this is my first liquid yeast. I plan on making a starter with it to hopefully store and use over and over. So while I aggressively research keeping a viable yeast colony, can anyone give me a crash course on the first few steps? How much DME/water for the first starter, temperature to pitch. Do I use a second beaker to make another starter, or just add extra DME, maybe some nutrient? I don’t have a stir plate, but do have a heat plate. I have the larger beaker too.
With a tolerance of up to 25% ABV with sugar additions during fermentation. While I don’t think I want to brew a beer that strong, I’d like to use it for stouts, meads, maybe some wine, but want to get it going first.
Anyone have experience with working with this yeast? Any recipes? Change in flavor at different ABVs?
I stocked up on dry yeast and hops. I put the hops in the brew fridge freezer. Is it ok to store yeast in the freezer?
Thanks in advance!