Whirflock and Yeast Harvesting

[TXANM]

I have had horrible success with yeast harvesting when I use whirflock tablets. I usually brew a "haze" beer and harvest from there, and then the next batches with harvested yeast I use the tablets. Has anybody else used Whirflock tablets & had good success with harvesting?

 

[Yooper]

I always use whirlfloc, so that my beers are crystal clear, and I harvest yeast out of the primary. Whirlfloc helps coagulate proteins. I can't see how it could affect the yeast harvesting. I haven't had any problems at all.

 

[mojotele]

I use regular Irish Moss, and I've never had problems harvesting yeast.

 

[TXANM]

Maybe I a trying to get to "pure" of a product. It seems that the seperation between yeast and Crap is not as defined. Do you have problems with not disturbing the bottom layer during transfer?

 

[mojotele]

I've had problems disturbing that bottom layer when trying to pour out of a carboy. My solution has been to siphon the liquid with suspended yeast into the secondary container where you let more trub settle out.