Re-Using yeast that was "fined"

[ionia_ales]

I got a little yeast from a microbrewery using 570-wlp, and I'd like to culture it up, but they used Gelatin to clear the beer. Would there be any problems making a starter with the slurry I collected?

i have always liked that my brews never had horsebones etc in them..

[bubrewer]

How does it look? If it is one large gelatinous blob, then you might be in for a challenge. If it looks and pours pretty much like normal yeast, then my guess is that it would work fine.

You could make a small starter out of a little bit of that slurry and see if that behaves normally before you commit the whole beer.

[Ozbrewer]

i would take it and grow it on a petri dish and re culture it from there

[ionia_ales]

thanks all,

I don't have a petri dish, nor the knowledge to culture from a really small # of cells. The yeast looks just fine. I will make a starter, and try to grab some of the kreusen and the liquid rather than the cake in the bottom.

[Homegrown Hops]

throw them some 1.040 wort and some yeast nutrient and you should be a yeast farmer.