Yeast Harvesting Question

[Chinese]

I've done something stupid . . . Again. I was going to harvest Bell's Two Hearted yeast so the wife and I split a six, saving the bottom inch for collection into a sanitized flask for some DME addition and stir plate aerating. Did almost everything right. After a week I have a nice yeast cake growing on the bottom. Here's the problem. Instead of pouring our Two Hearteds off into a glass to drink them . . . We drank them right out of the bottle - spit and all! What is the likelihood of what I have in my flask resembling Bell's Two Hearted yeast? I have a NB Dead Ringer kit . . . Should I get another Two Hearted six pack and start over?

 

[SC_Ryan]

Almost guaranteed that you introduced and propagated bacteria. Do over.

 

[mvcorliss]

Wow. That really was Stooopid! 😷

Ok. I'm a Lab Guy. Maybe it's a little more obvious to me. On the other hand ... You two get to drink more beer!