I apologize in advance, I thought of this at work and I will post pics tonight when I get home.
I recently attempted my first yeast washing last weekend with Wyeast 1056 from an AG Irish Red Ale.
My preliminary thoughts before I get into the specifics:
The fermentation of this particular batch with that yeast was VERY vigorous ( I used blowoff tube for 3 days, switched to airlock for 1 day and then had to do blowoff tube again because fermentation kicked into HIGH gear on that 4th day.
That information is important (I think) because when I washed this yeast, there was A LOT in the bottom of the fermenter. I would guess that I had almost 2 inches of trub in the bottom of the fermenter when I started washing.
I followed the wiki link from the forum but did not complete the 2nd decant.
I ended up with a lot of "stuff" in the bottom of my 3 mason jars, but it does not appear to me to be layered like other pictures that I am seeing.
Pics tonight to help with this all.
Thanks in advance
I recently attempted my first yeast washing last weekend with Wyeast 1056 from an AG Irish Red Ale.
My preliminary thoughts before I get into the specifics:
The fermentation of this particular batch with that yeast was VERY vigorous ( I used blowoff tube for 3 days, switched to airlock for 1 day and then had to do blowoff tube again because fermentation kicked into HIGH gear on that 4th day.
That information is important (I think) because when I washed this yeast, there was A LOT in the bottom of the fermenter. I would guess that I had almost 2 inches of trub in the bottom of the fermenter when I started washing.
I followed the wiki link from the forum but did not complete the 2nd decant.
I ended up with a lot of "stuff" in the bottom of my 3 mason jars, but it does not appear to me to be layered like other pictures that I am seeing.
Pics tonight to help with this all.
Thanks in advance