I've got 3 batches in primaries currently. Needless to say I'm going to have a bunch of trub. Is there anything it can be used for?
Any good uses for trub?
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Wash and harvest the yeast. Go look at the "yeast washing illustrated" stickey.
MikeDelta1
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If you have a septic tank you can stop buying treatment if you dump it down your drains, this is according to the guy who cleaned out my septic tank awhile back.
BradleyBrew
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toss a tablespoon worth in your boil for some yeast fuel.
smalliewader
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It also goes great in the garden. I have the biggest tomatoes ever from spreading it around my garden.
AR-Josh
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+1 Here. I've been throwing it in the yard and the grass is VERY green. I'll be throwing it on my tomatoes next year.
pauljmccain
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I pour it around in the yard and claim it as a fertilizer to others in the house. I sure hope it is.
For trub from the fermenter, what Revvy said. Check this out:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f163/yeast-washing-illustrated-41768/
For gunk left behind in the kettle, you can pour that into a growler, let it settle, pour off the clear unfermented wort, and use that wort for fermenting starters with your washed yeast. Cheers!
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f163/yeast-washing-illustrated-41768/
For gunk left behind in the kettle, you can pour that into a growler, let it settle, pour off the clear unfermented wort, and use that wort for fermenting starters with your washed yeast. Cheers!
beergolf
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Wow I nevre thought of that. I usually bottle while my boil is going on. Great idea...
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From 1976 to 1992, my family and I lived in a house with a septic system. The company that pumped it out annually always told me to simply dissolve a "brick" of yeast in some warm water and pour it directly into the septic. I wasn't brewing back then, but I do believe that beer yeast is quite similar to other yeasts, and it will be good for the septic system.
glenn514
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wow, pumped annually? I've lived in my house 10 years and never pumped my tank. On the other hand, I've been brewing 10 years and always dump the trub down the drain...
From 1976 to 1992, my family and I lived in a house with a septic system. The company that pumped it out annually always told me to simply dissolve a "brick" of yeast in some warm water and pour it directly into the septic. I wasn't brewing back then, but I do believe that beer yeast is quite similar to other yeasts, and it will be good for the septic system.
glenn514
... so, you kinda make it sound like it didn't work...
Sorry, I didn't intend on speaking out of both sides of my mouth! The septic system worked just fine, but to prevent any problems, we had it pumped out annually. The soil in the area did pass "perc" tests, but many leech beds were replaced. I wanted to avoid that expense. The yeast kept it going.
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