what to do with 'gunk' at bottom of fermentation bucket?

[tyke]

so i bottled today, and all of the leftover hops, yeast, etc are just chilling in the bottom of my bucket. what should i do with all that ****? throw it in the garbage? pretty legit 3 inch layer of things. i assume it's just garbage, but i am new so i don't know if it can be re-used for any sort of purpose.

 

[kh54s10]

Compost it!

 

[Battles4Seattle]

You can wash and reuse the yeast depending on what you brewed before.

 

[RM-MN]

so i bottled today, and all of the leftover hops, yeast, etc are just chilling in the bottom of my bucket. what should i do with all that ****? throw it in the garbage? pretty legit 3 inch layer of things. i assume it's just garbage, but i am new so i don't know if it can be re-used for any sort of purpose.

Do a quick search for "yeast washing" and you'll learn how easy it is to collect your "used" yeast to make another batch of beer....or maybe 4 more because there is way too much yeast there for just one batch.

I gotta learn to type faster. See! ^^^

 

[runningweird]

I do yeast wash and then what is left I compost.

 

[evrose]

so i bottled today, and all of the leftover hops, yeast, etc are just chilling in the bottom of my bucket. what should i do with all that ****? throw it in the garbage? pretty legit 3 inch layer of things. i assume it's just garbage, but i am new so i don't know if it can be re-used for any sort of purpose.

It's FANTASTIC drizzled over ice-cream. Try it, you won't be sorry.

 

[LovesIPA]

You can wash it, but it's not recommended if the beer is stronger than 6.5%.

 

[BGBC]

Yeast Washing

Plenty of great info on yeast washing here. If you're interested in brewing future batches with the same yeast and saving some money at the same time, you should look into it.

 

[RitalinIV]

It's FANTASTIC drizzled over ice-cream. Try it, you won't be sorry.

Sarcasm?

 

[Rhumbline]

Wash it and use the yeast to make bread, pretzels, and pizza dough.

 

[BGBC]

Wash it and use the yeast to make bread, pretzels, and pizza dough.

Um, or more beer

 

[drainbamage]

Chug it.

Then post pics of the results.

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

Can it and sell it to Australians as beer flavored vegemite!