cxp073
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Hello everyone
On the weekend I washed some yeast for the first time. It came from the cake off 5gallon of Kolsch, which had been in lager stage for two weeks (5celcius). I poured boiled and cooled water into the carboy, and swilled it around. I dumped this into a 2 litre sanitised baking jar and left to settle. This was left for about 40 minutes. When I returned, the bottom was full of cream coloured cake - there was essentially very little trub in my primary as I took extra care to ensure the beer was very clear.
Now here's where I am confused - I thought that the stuff on the bottom was yeast, but, following directions online I dumped the top layer of (almost clear) beer into another container and let this one settle. This one has now been in the fridge, and indeed some creamy light substance has settled - but it looks just like the stuff in the bottom of my baking jar at the first stage!
The question - because this beer was vey clear in the primary, with little trub in the bottom, should I just have refrigerated the first stage baking jar - there was certainly a lot more white creamy substance at the bottom...
Any help appreciated
Thanks
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On the weekend I washed some yeast for the first time. It came from the cake off 5gallon of Kolsch, which had been in lager stage for two weeks (5celcius). I poured boiled and cooled water into the carboy, and swilled it around. I dumped this into a 2 litre sanitised baking jar and left to settle. This was left for about 40 minutes. When I returned, the bottom was full of cream coloured cake - there was essentially very little trub in my primary as I took extra care to ensure the beer was very clear.
Now here's where I am confused - I thought that the stuff on the bottom was yeast, but, following directions online I dumped the top layer of (almost clear) beer into another container and let this one settle. This one has now been in the fridge, and indeed some creamy light substance has settled - but it looks just like the stuff in the bottom of my baking jar at the first stage!
The question - because this beer was vey clear in the primary, with little trub in the bottom, should I just have refrigerated the first stage baking jar - there was certainly a lot more white creamy substance at the bottom...
Any help appreciated
Thanks
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