Quick question

[duskb]

I'm making a Bock tonight and rather than start over I'm repitching onto a completed cake of a Steamer/Common (which will keg shortly before I pitch the wort into the bucket)

Question: Never done this. Any methodology of getting the wort into the bucket without contaminating the crap out of it?

Usually I dump straight in. Not sure how this would work with the bucket wide open for all to see.

 

[rudu81]

I siphon into my bottling bucket and then use that to aerate into my fermenter (not my original idea). There is also a yeast washing thread around here as well:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f163/yeast-washing-illustrated-41768/

 

[skyebrewing]

Not sure the question, but if you are asking if you can just dump on the cake. Yup. Aerate and dump. It sounds like you are just overthinking it...
by the way, "repitching onto a completed cake of a steamer"... hilarious!

 

[duskb]

Not sure the question, but if you are asking if you can just dump on the cake. Yup. Aerate and dump. It sounds like you are just overthinking it...
by the way, "repitching onto a completed cake of a steamer"... hilarious!

Thanks, didn't realize how silly that sounded till I heard someone else repeat it.

You got this gist of it, I might be over analyzing it. I'm just having images of the fermenter open for a minute or so while I'm pouring through the strainer into the bucket. Not sure how all the variables during this time would affect the yeast cake, if at all.

Also, typically I can only get my wort down to the low 80's. How bad of an idea is it to pitch 80 degree wort on top of lager yeast that's room temp?

 

[skyebrewing]

Depends on what room temp is. If 80 is wort temp and bucket is in 50's you are gonna kill some yeasties but unless your next beer is big, a whole cake will probably overkill anyway. Check mrmalty.com
As far as infection, you will be fine

 

[Hang Glider]

Yeah, don't sneeze into it.

but it was holding beer, so it was clean. it's going to hold more beer....

you should be good! 80F won't kill yeast - that would take about 110F. Lots of folks ferment too high in the 80s. - but yeah, point made - try not to shock the yeasties when you feed them that new batch of sweet wort.

 

[duskb]

Yeah, don't sneeze into it.

but it was holding beer, so it was clean. it's going to hold more beer....

you should be good! 80F won't kill yeast - that would take about 110F. Lots of folks ferment too high in the 80s. - but yeah, point made - try not to shock the yeasties when you feed them that new batch of sweet wort.

The yeasties are up to 76 now since I'm running behind...go figure. At this point the wort will be colder than the yeast.

I love your signature quote. That says it all....