Confused about re-using yeast

Haputanlas said:

OK, so this will be the first time I've attempted this. However, I feel like my confidence level is not very high on whether or not I'm doing this correctly. Out of the many posts and Youtube video's I've seen, I feel confused.

Let's start with what I've done so far and then go on to what I plan.

What I've done:

1. Racked my previous beer to secondary for Dry Hopping
2. Sanitized about 1.5 pints of water and poured into the carboy with the trub/yeast remains
3. Shook the carboy to loosen the yeast
4. Poured into a half gallon jug

5. Put into fridge over night
6. approximately 20 hours later

My plan was then to extract that excess beer from the top of the yeast/trub and pour the slurry into the next batch when I'm ready to pitch.

Is there something I'm missing? Do I need to do anything more to the yeast (more washing?).

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BeernuT100 said:

While what you did will work, usually people will wash the yeast first.

See https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f163/yeast-washing-illustrated-41768/

-bn

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Haputanlas said:

I've seen that post, however it's still confusing.

In his post, he claims that you will see a separation at the bottom. I don't see it in my jug. I only see it at the top where the beer has separated from the sediment.

If I was to pour this once more into a bunch of other smaller containers, would I have a much thicker sludge at the bottom that should be tossed?

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