Skins_Brew
Well-Known Member
I was transferring my third batch to my secondary tonight and i figured i would try to harvest some yeast. I dont plan on using the yeast since my next watch is going to use different yeast, but i just wanted to see what was involved. Kind of like some practice. Anyway, i didnt have mason jars so i used a sterilized spaghetti jar and threw some watered down trub mixture in it. I threw it in the fridge and everything settled out. I had a hard time decanting the small amount of water off the top so i took my stainless steel turkey baster that has an injection tip and plunged into the yeasty part of the jar and sucked it up. I put it in a few white labs vials (of course sterilized). Anyway, is it acceptable to suck the yeast right out of the middle or do you have to decant the water off the top? Thanks.