re-pitching yeast

[Hop man]

My plan is to bottle tomorrow morning and then use the yeast cake to pitch into the beer I'll be brewing tomorrow. Should I use the whole yeast cake or would that be to much? Is there anything more I should be doing?

 

[TheJadedDog]

Nope, just pour your wort onto the cake and you should be good to go.

 

[The Blow Leprechaun]

It's probably too much yeast, but it's not going to ruin your beer. If you want to be precise about it, you can go to mrmalty.com and look up exactly how much yeast slurry to use... or you can be lazy and just use it all.

 

[TheJadedDog]

It won't be too much yeast, guys do this all the time.

 

[Blender]

I would make sure you have a blow-off tube on your fermenter, you will likely need it unless you have a load of headspace. It will take off quick and actively.

 

[The Blow Leprechaun]

It won't be too much yeast, guys do this all the time.

Sorry, I probably should have been clearer... I meant it's probably "too much yeast" in the sense that it's overpitching the ideal amount, not in the sense that it's going to break anything. I did this myself for an Oktoberfest!

 

[malkore]

I would make sure you have a blow-off tube on your fermenter, you will likely need it unless you have a load of headspace. It will take off quick and actively.

+1
I've poured onto one yeast cake, and in 12 hours I had beer shooting out my airlock, and that's with 2 gallons of headspace in my ale pail!

two words: Vigorous Fermentation.