Harvesting Cider Yeast

eujamfh · Mar 30, 2013

I am about to secondary my first batch of Graham's English Cider. Varied only by adding some sugar to boost the OG to 1.065.

Can I harvest the Nottingham I used? I am going to make Graff's cider version right awayshould I "wash" the yeast or pour on top of the cake?

I will not reuse it after the second batchbut since I am doing a heel-to-toe batch, was wondering if I can use it again.

killsurfcity · Mar 30, 2013

just use it again. a lot of the reasons for yeast washing, like getting rid of any hop matter, or beer color, won't be an issue for cider.

Meadiator · Mar 30, 2013

This should help it start fermenting faster also, right?

Pickled_Pepper · Mar 30, 2013

I think dumping on the yeast cake is a great idea. The graf will definitely benefit. I would consider a blow off tube unless you have a couple of gallons of headspace.

eujamfh · Mar 31, 2013

Its in a 5G carboy…I will swash some sterilized H2O in there and pour it into a 6G better bottle. I have my 6.5 carboy currently occupied by a AHS anniversary wit.

Pickled_Pepper · Mar 31, 2013

You could always just dump some juice in there to swish instead of introducing additional water to the mix. (Unless you decant the water before pitching)

eujamfh · Apr 1, 2013

good idea!

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