Update on Vanilla Porter

I racked the Vanilla Porter over to my five gallon Better Bottle last night.  First, I opened up two vanilla beans, scraped the seeds out, and put them in the secondary.  I made sure to sanitize the cutting board and knife just in case.  Then I racked the beer on top of the beans.

I had also wanted to collect the yeast I used for the porter.  The strain was White Labs WLP005, British Ale Yeast.  I didn’t do a very good job of planning ahead, so I boiled my mason jars and got them all sealed up and in the fridge and left the trub to sit over night with a little beer sitting on top.  Time will only tell if the yeast is still viable, but I have hope.