Repitching yeast from a black ipa to Double WCIPA

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  1. GetMeAnIPA

    GetMeAnIPA Pooh-Bah (2,559) Mar 28, 2009 California
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    I’ve been reusing the same original WLP001 for like 7 maybe 8 times. The results have been phenomenal. Fast start, clean beers, good attenuation etc. I am doing my last repitch with it and plan on doing a Pliny Clone. A group of my friends it’s their favorite beer and no matter how much they drink it they still seek it out and send a text when it’s on draft or at our local bottle shop. Having a little get together at my house in a few weeks and it would rad to have it on draft. I expect it being different but should be close.

    I’ve used the same yeast for pretty much every style except dark. Done light, hoppy, pale etc. When I dry hop I use a bag just in case so I can extract the hops from the trub. would repitching from a dark beer to a lighter carry over any flavor impact?

    Hoping that because there will be so many hops that it would cover up any slight roast flavor from the black ipa.

    Could I wash the yeast? My process is to just pour the yeast grub with beer into a mason jar then pitch it into the new beer.

    Thoughts?
     
    #1 GetMeAnIPA, May 21, 2020
  2. Prep8611

    Prep8611 Savant (1,208) Aug 22, 2014 New Jersey

    If you decant the beer off the yeast I don’t see why it would be noticeable at all.
     
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  3. MrOH

    MrOH Grand Pooh-Bah (3,995) Jul 5, 2010 Virginia
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    I'd wash it. You probably won't get much in the way of roast flavor, but it'll definitely add some color, if that's important to you.
     
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  4. GormBrewhouse

    GormBrewhouse Pooh-Bah (2,111) Jun 24, 2015 Vermont
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    No washin here. Washing won't hurt but I just dont
     
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  5. PortLargo

    PortLargo Pooh-Bah (1,831) Oct 19, 2012 Florida
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    I'd buy a new packet. You're getting what, 8 pitches per packet? That's about a buck-a-brew for yeast . . . and you want to get it down to 90¢? At some point it will go south on you. How much you have invested in Pliny hops? How much reputation at stake? Worth it to save a dime?
     
    #5 PortLargo, May 21, 2020
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  6. pweis909

    pweis909 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,250) Aug 13, 2005 Wisconsin
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    I would just do what you normally do with the repitching. It obviously is working for you so I wouldn't play around with anything new like yeast washing when an investment like a DIPA is on the line.

    Plus, I think you have the makings of interesting Brulosophy-like experiment. Not a triangle-testing "Exbeeriment" but still something that addresses biases, in this case against color. You are probably going to end up with a beer that is much like a Pliny but the color will be off. Will your Pliny-loving friend's love it the same? If yes, you are the hero, if no, you got yourself 5 gallons of DIPA.
     
    #6 pweis909, May 22, 2020
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  7. GetMeAnIPA

    GetMeAnIPA Pooh-Bah (2,559) Mar 28, 2009 California
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    its not so much about cost but the results I am getting have been awesome. Getting better attenuation and just overall performance with it. Plus, I like not messing with a starter. I just repitch.
     
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  8. GormBrewhouse

    GormBrewhouse Pooh-Bah (2,111) Jun 24, 2015 Vermont
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    saving $$$ is good, better brewhouse efficency added bonus.
    run with it and let us know. im betting you will enjoy yer brew.

    once used irish stout yeast for a ipa. dumped what little beer was left and dumped in the wort.

    ferment was quick with no stout tastes on the finished beer.
    f,ing right.
     
    #8 GormBrewhouse, May 26, 2020
  9. GetMeAnIPA

    GetMeAnIPA Pooh-Bah (2,559) Mar 28, 2009 California
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    If it was my recipe “my beer” I would have had no hesitation of reusing the yeast. The pitches and results have been great. So much so that I didn’t want to brew anything that I couldn’t use the yeast. I am going to do the same with a lager yeast and see how it works out.

    I bought my hops in bulk so it was nice just picking up grains for like $15-$30 and have a 5 gallon batch ready for cheap.
     
    #9 GetMeAnIPA, May 27, 2020
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  10. Ten_SeventySix_Brewhouse

    Ten_SeventySix_Brewhouse Zealot (744) Jul 20, 2016 Indiana

    Did you pick up any color from the yeast? I was thinking of repitching slurry from a Baltic Porter to a Helles or AAL. (Can’t get much more extreme than that!) Now I’m thinking that sounds like a crazy idea. Should I make a starter with a smaller amount of the slurry after decanting all the beer off, or should I just buy new yeast?
     
    #10 Ten_SeventySix_Brewhouse, May 28, 2020
  11. GormBrewhouse

    GormBrewhouse Pooh-Bah (2,111) Jun 24, 2015 Vermont
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    Maybe, I'm not married to standards in beer making. If any color was added , I'm sure it was minimal.
    All I can say is I drain off all the beer till there is only a yeast cake left, then either dump in your wort or spoon out yeast cake to a new sanitized fermenter,,, with a sanitized spoon of course.

    I have no experience transferring Baltic to a lager or helles.

    If color is a big factor in your beer drinking life, then either wash or use new yeast.

    That's the best I got.
     
    #11 GormBrewhouse, May 28, 2020
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