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Harvesting Pacman

Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 6:48 pm
by jtmwhyte
Just curious of what the odds are of cultivating a culture of Pacman yeast from a Rogue bottle out of Premiere? Would it likely be dead by the time I get to it?

Re: Harvesting Pacman

Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 7:16 pm
by mr x
I tried before and failed, but that was many years ago. May be better now....

Re: Harvesting Pacman

Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 7:47 pm
by jtmwhyte
mr x wrote:I tried before and failed, but that was many years ago. May be better now....
I'm going to the city tomorrow and was thinking of picking up a bottle or two of Dead Guy to give it a hook.

Re: Harvesting Pacman

Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 8:20 pm
by LiverDance
I did it last year, took a while to get enough to brew with but it worked.

Re: Harvesting Pacman

Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 11:24 am
by pet lion
Do their bottles show bottling dates? Could you check with Premier about when they get a new shipment?

Re: Harvesting Pacman

Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 7:11 pm
by jtmwhyte
I'm gonna attempt to harvest from a single bottle. If it doesn't work I'll gather a few up for next time.

Re: Harvesting Pacman

Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 8:45 am
by jtmwhyte
Looks like a winner!
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Re: Harvesting Pacman

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 11:40 am
by RubberToe
How's this looking? I was thinking of running up to Premiere at lunch to grab a bottle of Shakepere to harvest from.

Re: Harvesting Pacman

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 5:43 pm
by jtmwhyte
It never really took off any more than what you see in that picture. I'm gonna try again with two bottles.

Re: Harvesting Pacman

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 6:37 pm
by RubberToe
jtmwhyte wrote:It never really took off any more than what you see in that picture. I'm gonna try again with two bottles.
Did you step it up again? Can you measure the gravity of that small an amount of wort? If it's finished step it up 10x.

I got a bottle today so I'll likely start this process over the weekend.

Re: Harvesting Pacman

Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 9:42 pm
by RubberToe
Well here I go.
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Re: Harvesting Pacman

Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:20 pm
by Jimmy
RubberToe wrote:Well here I go.
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The unusable glass gets used! You're a bigger man than me :lol: :rockin:

Re: Harvesting Pacman

Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:43 pm
by RubberToe
Haha! It's perfect for bombers!

Re: Harvesting Pacman

Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2014 3:00 pm
by jason.loxton
Can the Noble Grape bring it in? Wyeast at least used to produce it.

Re: Harvesting Pacman

Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2014 3:33 pm
by RubberToe
It's not available anymore. A couple months ago I tried to get it through NG.

Re: Harvesting Pacman

Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 11:21 am
by RubberToe
The first step was really slow but eventually got going. I stepped it up the other night and here it is now. I'm not sure when I'll brew with it so when this is done I'll toss it in a mason jar in the fridge then make a big starter when it's time to brew. I'll taste the starter wort when this is done too.
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