My very first attempt was from a ‘Negro Modelo’ clone…bad idea!
The dark beer harvesting is tough, more of a guessing game than anything. The trub and dead yeast still fall first so when you decant take the top 50% - 60% and you are in good shape. Truth be told, you could take it all but it kind of defeats the purpose of washing
About a month back Ii put together a ‘Spring cleaning’ IPA and depleted all my brewing supplies. I got the itch to brew so I washed the ‘SAFALE - 05’ from the IPA and pitched into 5 gallons of apple cider so I could at least have something fermenting. Now the Cider is almost done and I have re-stocked ingredients and have the crazy idea of washing the SAFALE - 05 from the cider and pitching it into a new IPA.
I was thinking of going with some real floral/fruity hops to back up any apple tones from the yeast. Any thoughts? Would the yeast give off any noticeable cider tones? They always say home brewing is 50% experimentation.
