zanemoseley
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I've washed yeast before but have always taken the yeast from the bottom of a corny keg so it was pretty much pure yeast. This time I decided to try to wash the yeast from the bottom of two better bottles that had been fermenting an american lager for 2 weeks.
I put in some boiled/cooled water and let it sit for 15-20 minutes. I tried to just get the top layer of sediment/yeast as directed but it never seemed to separate out much. The same thing happened when I poured the better bottles into my 1 gallon jar. So what I ended up with in my 2 mason jars is a mystery to me. I can see a faint line toward the top that is definitely yeast but the rest I'm not sure of. If the white line is the only part that is yeast then it doesn't seem like much at all.
Here's some pics of one of my mason jars. Should I just dump the mason jars and harvest from the bottom of the corny keg after they're empty? Any advice for next time.
I put in some boiled/cooled water and let it sit for 15-20 minutes. I tried to just get the top layer of sediment/yeast as directed but it never seemed to separate out much. The same thing happened when I poured the better bottles into my 1 gallon jar. So what I ended up with in my 2 mason jars is a mystery to me. I can see a faint line toward the top that is definitely yeast but the rest I'm not sure of. If the white line is the only part that is yeast then it doesn't seem like much at all.
Here's some pics of one of my mason jars. Should I just dump the mason jars and harvest from the bottom of the corny keg after they're empty? Any advice for next time.