findlaym
Well-Known Member
Looking for some advice on weather to top crop or bottom crop my hefe. I just brewed last night (wyeast 3068) and at +12 hours I have crazy fermentation on my hands making it clear that I need to build a blow off tube setup. I have been planning to harvest (and save) yeast from this batch because it is a 2 hour drive for me to get liquid yeast and constructing the blow off tube will allow me to build a setup for cropping the yeast. I have read up on the board here and I have a few questions:
1- would bottom cropping the yeast be effective since this particular strain has low flocculation?
2-bottom cropped yeast is dormant and top cropped yeast is active. do I need to make the top cropped yeast go dormant, if so- How?
3-is there any particular advantage either method (assuming that you have a yeast strain that is suitable for both top and bottom crop)?
1- would bottom cropping the yeast be effective since this particular strain has low flocculation?
2-bottom cropped yeast is dormant and top cropped yeast is active. do I need to make the top cropped yeast go dormant, if so- How?
3-is there any particular advantage either method (assuming that you have a yeast strain that is suitable for both top and bottom crop)?