Way to much..?

[Tizzomes]

I brewed a white IPA today with a final gravity of 1.072. When I poured it into my 6.5g Big Mouth Bubbler fermenter I ended up with 6 gallons. I just topped it off with the yeast I had on the stir plate and it's creeping up there to the top. My question is when fermentation begins will I lose any yeast because of the kraeusen?? Basically will I lose yeast in my blow off tube?View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1465012696.155575.jpg

 

[Tizzomes]

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[MaryB]

Most of the yeast is in suspension. Sure some may go out the blow off tube(you have rigged one by now?) but most of the krausen isn't yeast.

 

[Tizzomes]

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[Tizzomes]

I did just hoping for the best and look for some advice!!

 

[dwhite60]

Looks like you did the right thing! You should be good to go.

All the Best,
D. White

 

[catalanotte]

I usually end up with a bit of yeast sediment in the bottom of my blow off water bucket but when your at high krausen, the yeast loss is nominal.

 

[day_trippr]

I do this high-octane version of a Trappist refectory ale using wy3787 and without fail - even with a solid 1.5 gallons of head space in the carboy and under strict temperature control - there will be a boisterous fermentation that ends up leaving a good quarter inch of almost pure yeast at the bottom of a gallon catch bottle. And the beer always hits the expected FG anyway.

I've been sooo tempted to scavenge and reuse that yeast but I never have.
I over-build starters and save the excess for the next go-round instead...

Cheers!

 

[Tizzomes]

Thanks for advice! Since my original post which was Friday night it's been a monster. I used WLP Belgian Wit 400 definitely a slow start but by late Saturday it kicked started and been pumping out yeast farts. Lol . Things are calming down and switched out to a regular air lock. Just hoping I end up with a low enough F.G
Cheers [emoji482]