What are dregs???

What are dregs?? Sorry to have to ask, but I just don't know. Cheers!!!

The tiny particles of yeast left over from bottle conditioning that usually remain at the bottom of the bottle after pouring.

So, how do I use these dregs??

You pour them into a starter as apposed to a vial of liquid yeast. This builds them up to an acceptable volume to pitch into your wort.

GiraffeBrew said:

So, how do I use these dregs??

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Well, you'll need to culture them up and build a starter to propagate them to a population large enough to use in a brew. You can do this by "stepping up" your starter bigger and bigger according to the Mr Malty Yeast Pitching Rate Calc. There's also plenty of info out there on culturing dregs from the bottle out there as well, check [ame="http://www.google.com/search?aq=0&oq=culturing+dre&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=culturing+dregs+bottle"]Google[/ame]

IrregularPulse said:

You pour them into a starter as apposed to a vial of liquid yeast. This builds them up to an acceptable volume to pitch into your wort.

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Thanks for the tips!! This puts me well on my way. One other question though, do you have to culture them when your done with your beer or can do do it days/weeks later??

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GiraffeBrew said:

Thanks for the tips!! This puts me well on my way. One other question though, do you have to culture them when your done with your beer or can do do it days/weeks later??

Long legs means more room for beer!

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Best to do it when you are done w/ your beer to avoid storing the "dregs" and possible contamination. But if collected and stored sanitary, no reason they couldn't be stored i guess.

wilserbrewer said:

Best to do it when you are done w/ your beer to avoid storing the "dregs" and possible contamination. But if collected and stored sanitary, no reason they couldn't be stored i guess.

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Sanitized growler??? Back of the fridge for a storage?? Couple days or weeks?? Thanks!

Long legs means more room for beer!