Bottling Yeast Starters

[pmanz]

I guess I should clarify...
I was thinking of taking my 3068 Wyeast smack-pack, making a starter. After the starter has fermented out, split it up into sanitized, cold-capped bottles for storage and storing them at around 32˚. Then next time I want to make a hef, prepare some starter wort, cool it and pour the contents of one of the bottles into it to kick off the starter.

I guess I haven't even begun to think of making slants and was looking for an easier and less expensive (equipment-wise) way to store yeast for later usage.

I also wanted to try to harvest yeast off of the fermentation and save it this way.

thanks for all of the feedback so far...

[DannyW]

Yes, that will work, although 3068 is one of the hardest to store well, I've found. It doesn't seem very hardy that way even though it makes the best weizens.

Cleaned, sanitized white labs tubes can be reused for this purpose too, and take up less space than beer bottles.

[pmanz]

what would you say the recommended temp for storage would be...?

[DannyW]

I keep 'em in a fridge. I tried the glycerine/freezer thing once and found it wasn't worth the trouble.

[BeerMan]

Don't assume slanting is to hard check out this link from rich he did a great job simplifying the art of yeast ranching.

http://www.haveahomebrew.net/PGYSFH.doc

[BadRock]

That's a pretty nice little guide, thanks for posting that!

[Mylo]

Don't assume slanting is to hard check out this link from rich he did a great job simplifying the art of yeast ranching.

http://www.haveahomebrew.net/PGYSFH.doc

I prefer the term "yeast rangling", myself. I am from the Southwest. Yee-haw!


Mylo