First yeast wash a fail?

[DaveMur]

Hi Folks!

So I made a first attempt at washing yeast (Safale K-97) just to see how/if I could do. I know some feel dry yeast isn't the best to reuse but I'm only 8 batches in and dry is all my lhbs sells.

So down to business. I tried mixing it, letting it settle, transfer and repeat. Leaving it in the fridge overnight and this it what I woke up to.

Looks to me as though I've just ended up with trub, anyone able to help? Don't know if the photos are clear enough.

Thanks
Dave

 

[parjay]

Looks like yeast to me.

 

[LuckyDuckAT]

Was this a DME yeast starter?

 

[kh54s10]

Yeast washing is becoming a thing of the past for most. Just save the slurry from medium OG and less hopped batches in sanitized mason jars and pitch a portion of the cake. MrMalty has a tab for calculation how much slurry to use.

That picture looks like a pretty clean trub/yeast mixture. Meaning there is not a lot of grain or hop debris in with the yeast.

Save it and use it. Depending on the age you may want to make a starter with the slurry.

 

[DaveMur]

Was this a DME yeast starter?

No, just washed yeast from a Wheat beer I just bottled.

 

[DaveMur]

Yeast washing is becoming a thing of the past for most. Just save the slurry from medium OG and less hopped batches in sanitized mason jars and pitch a portion of the cake. MrMalty has a tab for calculation how much slurry to use.

That picture looks like a pretty clean trub/yeast mixture. Meaning there is not a lot of grain or hop debris in with the yeast.

Save it and use it. Depending on the age you may want to make a starter with the slurry.

Thanks for the advice, I'll bare that in mind. At the moment I havent really done much in the way of hop heavy brews so might be just as easy to take straight from the slurry.

 

[catdaddy66]

That looks like 99% yeast. Great job!