Reusing yeast?

[jbuck17]

I recently brewed a brown ale and dumped the cool wort on top of a previous used yeast cake. It's like a big party took off in the carboy. There was so much action that it blew the bung off of the carboy! Is this normal?

 

[tre9er]

Yes. You have a lot of yeast cells in that cake.

 

[midfielder5]

It will be fine & many do it-- but a whole yeast cake has too many cells for most beers of average OG.
There is a good argument against/ thread posted on here about it. Look for it and read it if you want more specifics.
good luck!

 

[jbuck17]

Thanks for the info. Brew on!