Arpeggiator
Active Member
Hi everyone,
Attempting my first try at washing/saving yeast. I read a couple of the yeast washing threads but still had a few questions about my technique. I just finished bottling a session ale and boiled a couple cups of water, let it cool, then poured it into my fermenter on top of the yeast cake. I gave it a few swirls then poured everything into a sanitized pitcher. I went about cleaning up my kitchen and came back to the pitcher about a 1/2 hour later. I was expecting the little bit of beer that I couldn't siphon out, and water to have separated from the yeast so I could decant all the liquid. this didn't really happen at all, in fact, it looked just as it looked when i poured it in the pitcher. So i decided to pour everything into 4 sanitized mason jars and a growler.
So my questions are, what is the best way to decant the liquid from the yeast before pouring into the mason jars? Second, If there is still a little beer from the previous batch, what effect will this have on the saved yeast? Third, the growler I used was only filled about 1/2 way, do I risk contamination from the extra headspace in the growler? Everything is sitting in the fridge at the moment and I plan on using the yeast in the growler this week assuming that I did everything correct. Thanks for the feedback, cheers and happy brewing.
Attempting my first try at washing/saving yeast. I read a couple of the yeast washing threads but still had a few questions about my technique. I just finished bottling a session ale and boiled a couple cups of water, let it cool, then poured it into my fermenter on top of the yeast cake. I gave it a few swirls then poured everything into a sanitized pitcher. I went about cleaning up my kitchen and came back to the pitcher about a 1/2 hour later. I was expecting the little bit of beer that I couldn't siphon out, and water to have separated from the yeast so I could decant all the liquid. this didn't really happen at all, in fact, it looked just as it looked when i poured it in the pitcher. So i decided to pour everything into 4 sanitized mason jars and a growler.
So my questions are, what is the best way to decant the liquid from the yeast before pouring into the mason jars? Second, If there is still a little beer from the previous batch, what effect will this have on the saved yeast? Third, the growler I used was only filled about 1/2 way, do I risk contamination from the extra headspace in the growler? Everything is sitting in the fridge at the moment and I plan on using the yeast in the growler this week assuming that I did everything correct. Thanks for the feedback, cheers and happy brewing.