Evan!
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Ha, just kidding! 
There are plenty of yeast washing threads, but I have some pics, and I need some advice. Here's my situation:
I brewed a belgian dubbel, and the Abbey yeast is just AWESOME, so I want to wash it and save it. At racking, I added cranberries, so I ended up actually filling the secondary carboy, and there was still maybe a quarter-inch of beer on top of the trub left in the secondary. As such, I didn't need to add water to the primary, i just sanitized the lip, sanitized a big honey jar, swirled the primary around, and dumped that into the honey jar. I put the lid on, let it settle out. So, I had a very distinct separation after awhile, so I boiled some water for 15 mins, sanitized a couple smaller mason jars, and poured the liquids into them. One of them is almost all liquid, and the other has some solids. The main jar, however, was all solids, so I poured the water on top of it---then swirled it around. So, here's what I had this morning, after doing all that:
The one on the left, of course, is the main jar. The jar on the right is almost all beer, but I'm expecting more yeast to fall out over the weekend. The one in the middle was the very last of the decanted liquid, which obviously brought some yeast/trub with it.
I'm saving all three bottles in the fridge, because I suspect that each one of them will get even more settled yeast at the bottom. Then, I guess, I'll again decant the liquid layer from the top, then try to save the top layer of gunk in the main jar, while discarding the bottom layer, which is bound to be mostly trub.
Thoughts? Suggestions? What should I do now?
There are plenty of yeast washing threads, but I have some pics, and I need some advice. Here's my situation:I brewed a belgian dubbel, and the Abbey yeast is just AWESOME, so I want to wash it and save it. At racking, I added cranberries, so I ended up actually filling the secondary carboy, and there was still maybe a quarter-inch of beer on top of the trub left in the secondary. As such, I didn't need to add water to the primary, i just sanitized the lip, sanitized a big honey jar, swirled the primary around, and dumped that into the honey jar. I put the lid on, let it settle out. So, I had a very distinct separation after awhile, so I boiled some water for 15 mins, sanitized a couple smaller mason jars, and poured the liquids into them. One of them is almost all liquid, and the other has some solids. The main jar, however, was all solids, so I poured the water on top of it---then swirled it around. So, here's what I had this morning, after doing all that:
The one on the left, of course, is the main jar. The jar on the right is almost all beer, but I'm expecting more yeast to fall out over the weekend. The one in the middle was the very last of the decanted liquid, which obviously brought some yeast/trub with it.
I'm saving all three bottles in the fridge, because I suspect that each one of them will get even more settled yeast at the bottom. Then, I guess, I'll again decant the liquid layer from the top, then try to save the top layer of gunk in the main jar, while discarding the bottom layer, which is bound to be mostly trub.
Thoughts? Suggestions? What should I do now?
