petrolSpice
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I've started to harvest yeast from the fermentation blowoff. I use a sanitized half-gallon mason jar to catch the liquid from the blowoff. Then I usually "wash" the yeast and store it in the fridge in a mason jar. Of course after a few says the yeast settles to the bottom of the jar and I can read the volume of yeast I have.
On my last brew I caught around 4 fl.oz. of yeast. I have no idea how many cells this is. Any ideas?
I can try to compare it to a "vial" of White Labs liquid yeast which is supposed to be around 100 billion cells, but I don't know how much volume is in a vial.
2 brews ago I made a 2L starter from around 2 fl.oz. of harvested yeast. The fermentation was explosive. It started blowing off within 6 hours and continued to do so for 3 days, OG 1.071. So part of me thinks I pitched WAY too much yeast.
On my last brew I caught around 4 fl.oz. of yeast. I have no idea how many cells this is. Any ideas?
I can try to compare it to a "vial" of White Labs liquid yeast which is supposed to be around 100 billion cells, but I don't know how much volume is in a vial.
2 brews ago I made a 2L starter from around 2 fl.oz. of harvested yeast. The fermentation was explosive. It started blowing off within 6 hours and continued to do so for 3 days, OG 1.071. So part of me thinks I pitched WAY too much yeast.