Top cropping

[blasterooni]

I am making a cider with Opshaug Kveik, and needed to use a blow off tube (again). This time, I ran the tube into a jar using fresh juice rather than water, and I am thinking of pouring that straight onto another cider that I am starting this afternoon. Although I may just do a gallon to see if/how it works. The jar is already bubbling so I just set the lid on top of the jar, and put it in the fridge. Any thoughts on this?

 

[RPh_Guy]

The jar also contains any number of wild microbes. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but should be taken into consideration. Otherwise I don't see a problem using it.

 

[blasterooni]

I pitched some of the top cropped and dried opshaug kveik last night, and shortly after I pitched it, foamy bubbles formed where the flakes landed, and at 4:30 this morning, the airlock was bubbling happily. Looks like I got a viable batch. I have a jar of bottom cropped in slurry form that I may dry as well. I am curious to see how well the top cropped flocculates; there is the notion that the top cropped yeast tends to stay in suspension rather than drop... wonder if that holds true across the board.

I may add voss to this batch as well. I have been co-fermenting with the two of them with the idea that a new strain might develop over time. I need to get some slides for my microscope so I can see whats going on in that tiny Saccharomyces universe, although my untrained eye probably won't know what to look for...