pfranco81 said:
Did I do it right? Will I be able to use this yeast tomorrow? I won't be heart broken if not, it was sort of a last minute idea.
It should be fine for tomorrow. Chances are that you harvested a lot more yeast than you would need for another batch. You might consider taking that third container and moving it into a beer bottle, topping off with sterilized water and capping it for longer term storage.
If you can get yourself a couple 2Qt, plastic apple juice containers, they are great for gathering and washing yeast.
Pour your yeast slurry into the plastic container and fill to about 2/3rds full with sterilized (cooled) water.
Give it a shake and then let settle for 10 minutes.
Pour off that solution into the other cleaned plastic bottle...leaving behind the last 1/4 inch or so. This may be more, it may be less, depending on how much junk you have.
Let the second plastic jug settle for 10-15 minutes and then pour back into the first container (that you've cleaned), again, leaving behind any sediment that has fallen out.
Cap it with an airlock attached to the lid (drill a hole) and set in the fride. In a couple days, your yeast will settle completely and you can then divide it up and move it to bottles.
The one in the middle I just harvested.
The one on the left is about 24 hours old (not refrigerated)
The one on the right I just pulled out of the fridge after about 3-4 days. You can see how the yeast has compacted.
PS - They are different beers so don't read too much into the different colors.