Simple Beer Yeast Starters and how to maintain them long term.
Keeping it simple with yeast, DME (Dry Malt Extract), Spring Water, and a little yeast nutrient.
Other items used:
Whisk, scale to weight DME, measuring cups, pot, mason jars, tin foil, and stir bar. Also home made stir plates using cigar boxes, 120 mm computer fan, earth magnets, and old 12v power adapters.
In this video I simply show you how to make wort for a yeast starter and I use about 0.67 ounces by weight of DME per 6 ounces of water. Heat, stir, cool, and pitch with a stir bar of course. After 24 to 36 hours I simply put the jars in a fridge to cold crash before pouring off excess malt and pouring the yeast with some malt back into a smaller mason jar for long term storage in the bottom drawers of my beer fridge. I repeat this process about every 4 months for all of the yeasts I maintain.
Currently I maintain 38 liquid yeasts this way and have been doing this for about 4 years now with great success. I've also tried freezing with vegetable glycerin which worked well in saving most of my yeasts during a long power outage after a major hurricane.
Some of the yeasts I maintain:
Whitelabs 051 California Ale
Whitelabs 004 Irish Ale
Whitelabs 007 British Dry Ale
Whitelabs 013 London Ale
Whitelabs 036 Dusseldorf
Whitelabs 059 Melbourne (One of my favorites for IPAs)
Whitelabs 080 Cream Ale
Whitelabs 300 Hefeweizen
Whitelabs 400 and 410 Witbier
Whitelabs 500 Monastery Ale
Whitelabs 530 Abby Ale
Whitelabs 545 Belgian Strong Ale
Whitelabs 550 Belgian Ale (Amazing yeast for easy drinking Belgian Ales)
Whitelabs 565 Belgian Saison I Spicy (Amazing Saison yeast)
Whitelabs 566 Belgian Saison II Fruity
Whitelabs 568 Belgian Saison Blend
Whitelabs 570 Belgian golden Ale
Whitelabs 611 Nordic
Whitelabs 644 Saccharomcyces "Bruxellensis" Trois
Wyeast 3787 Trappist
Wyeast 1332 Northwest Ale
Imperial Barbarian A04
Imperial Citrus A20
Imperial Juice A38
Imperial Monastic B63
Imperial German Ale Stefon G01
Imperial Dry Hop A24
Omega 200 Tropical IPA
Omega 061 Voss Kveik
Omega 091 Hornindal Kveik
Omega 501 Gulo Irish/Saison Blend
Omega 040A Belgian Dark Ale
Omega 48 British Ale XI
Bootleg Biology Funk Weapon #3 (Great yeast)
Bootleg Biology Saison Parfait:New World Saison Blend
Bootleg Biology The Mad Fermentationsit Saison Blend
Bootleg Biology NEEPAH
Plus lots of dry that I simply use and dispose of.
Why so many? I like to collect plus I never know what I want to brew next and this leaves me with lots of options as I really do feel the yeast can have the largest impact on flavor based on the yeast of course.
3 окт 2024