RegionalChaos
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
I tried doing some searches, but didn't find too much. I have an IPA in primary now getting close to 3 weeks. I want to dry hop it in a secondary, and pour wort for a new IPA onto the old yeast cake. Partly for the experience, I have never re-used a yeast cake yet.
While reading about the process, I've seen several people say that when you add wort to a yeast cake, you are actually over pitching, which can cause off flavors. Is this something I should worry about? Part of me says RDWHAHB and just dump the wort in and see what happens. The other part of me wonders if I should try dumping out half the cake or something, to try and not over pitch.
I am curious about yeast washing, but not sure I want to add that much time to my brewing this time around.
Any thoughts?
I tried doing some searches, but didn't find too much. I have an IPA in primary now getting close to 3 weeks. I want to dry hop it in a secondary, and pour wort for a new IPA onto the old yeast cake. Partly for the experience, I have never re-used a yeast cake yet.
While reading about the process, I've seen several people say that when you add wort to a yeast cake, you are actually over pitching, which can cause off flavors. Is this something I should worry about? Part of me says RDWHAHB and just dump the wort in and see what happens. The other part of me wonders if I should try dumping out half the cake or something, to try and not over pitch.
I am curious about yeast washing, but not sure I want to add that much time to my brewing this time around.
Any thoughts?