yest from secondary fermenter

jingleheimer76 · Mar 16, 2011

I've poured wort onto the yeast cake left in my primary before, and it worked great. Now, I want to know if I can use the yeast left in the secondary fermenter for a second batch?

I brewed, did 10 days in the primary, then racked to secondary for another 14 days. My primary carboy is clean, and I'd like to brew this weekend . . . there is a nice cake of yeast in the secondary fermenter, can I use it?

Nugent · Mar 16, 2011

If there's enough yeast to ferment a batch, it'll be pretty tired.

My rule is that if I'm wondering whether I should use yeast, it's time to buy some new stuff. Just me, though.

Good luck.

Revvy · Mar 16, 2011

The yeast that makes it into secondary is the less flocculant of the yeast. It's the underproductive yeast, as opposed to the hard charging, go getting yeast that actually fermented the original beer, did their job and went dormant after a hard days work. In secondary you got the weak and lazy yeast.

It's like trying to count on the third string football team to win the superbowl, think they'll have a chance to actually win?

wonderbread23 · Mar 16, 2011

If you like cloudy beer... yes. Harvesting yeast from secondary tends to put selective pressure on the yeast, selecting the yeast that is the least flocculent and highest attenuating.

yest from secondary fermenter

Help Support Homebrew Talk - Beer, Wine, Mead, & Cider Brewing Discussion Forum:

jingleheimer76

Member

Nugent

Supporting Member

Revvy

Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

wonderbread23

Well-Known Member

Similar threads

Latest posts

yest from secondary fermenter

Help Support Homebrew Talk - Beer, Wine, Mead, & Cider Brewing Discussion Forum:

jingleheimer76

Member

Nugent

Supporting Member

Revvy

Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

wonderbread23

Well-Known Member

Similar threads

Latest posts

Join the conversation!

Join today and get all the highlights of this community direct to your inbox. It's FREE!