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White labs Burton ale

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morticaixavier:
This yeast is the only one I have ever used that has a true top fermenting cake. I brewed a little 1.035 ordinary last weekend to grow yeast for an old ale this weekend. I kegged the ordinary yesterday to harvest the yeast, it was done and cold crashed for 2 days but the yeast cake was floating on top still! so I swirled and broke everything up and split the slurry between 2 pint jars and 1 quart jar and stuck them in the fridge. This morning there is a distinct yeast cake floating on top of each bottle. how the heck am I going to decant?

troybinso:
Sanitize a spoon and scoop it off. Is there a bed of yeast at the bottom of the jars too?

morticaixavier:
I said to heck with it and just pitched it all in. The beer it was coming out of was good, the beer it's going into is an old ale, so if there is a hint of oxidation it's not the end of the world.

Pitched yesterday afternoon will check tonight when I get home to see if I have a new floating yeast cake. kind of cool to see a true top fermenter like that though.

jmcamerlengo:
I dig this strain. Use it in an English IPA with all Fuggle hops and it comes out great. Threw a ton of sulfur for me though for a day or 2 during fermentation. Did you experience this?

morticaixavier:
Not that I noticed but I more our less ignore the beer for a week our so after pitching. I also state aerate well even on small beers and use nutrient. Didn't make a starter for this batch.

**EDIT cause my phone thinks it knows what I want to say better than I do***

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