Simple Yeast Storage Procedure

[GmanNJ]

if you transfer to a secondary you can harvest the yeast then dry hop. I like my beers to fall clean so I always transfer to a secondary. Right now I have about a quart of yeast from the local brewery my friend owns. He took it from the port at the bottom of his 50 BBL conical. First he let the trub run out a little and what I got was a mason jar of creamy yeasty goodness. It has been in my fridge for about a month. I made a little wort from DME on the stove and cooled it down. Then I poured off the old wort that separated and added new. Like this article recommends I will make a started from this for the next batch

 

[Magnis]

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, hope somebody finds this query....
Great article, thanks for this, I am going to try and reuse the yeast from my current brew.
I have a question about repitching the stored yeast:
Do I swirl and remix the whole Mason jar and pitch the whole quart?
Or do I just pitch the beer layer?
Or do I chuck the beer layer and just pitch the trub layer?
Sorry for dumb question, I am new to yeast storage.

 

[cmac62]

Magnis, in the few times I have used this method I just allowed it to warm up, swirled the whole jar and pitched it. It turned out good for me. You could also pour off some of the beer and pitch just the yeast. Hopefully there is not much trub in the mix.