Yeast washing / repitching question

Sun Feb 06, 2011 2:01 pm

I racked an ESB to keg about two weeks ago and poured the slurry into a half gallon growler. Today, I got around to rinsing the yeast and left quite a bit of trub behind. I'm planning to repitch this into an English IPA next weekend. My question is, when using Jamil's pitching rate calculator, do I consider the harvest date two weeks ago when we dumped the slurry into the growlers or today, when I rinsed the yeast and presumably left much of the dead and less viable yeast behind? What have you guys typically done?
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Re: Yeast washing / repitching question

Mon Feb 07, 2011 11:30 am

I would say two weeks ago. But then again, what do I know?
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Re: Yeast washing / repitching question

Wed Feb 09, 2011 10:50 am

I agree with Elbone. There is not much difference in two weeks.

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