Redbeard5289
Well-Known Member
Hello Fellow Brewers,
My apologies if this topic has been brought up before, I couldn't find any reference of this topic when I did a search.
Has anyone done ever done a yeast washing with citric acid before? If so, How did you do it?
The reason I ask is that I saw a brief mention of doing a yeast wash with citric acid (with a ph balance of 2.2) in one of the northern brewer catalogs a month or so ago. The little article blurp was talking about ph and the importance it plays in home brewing. Near the end of the ph article it mentioned that you could do a yeast wash with citric acid to kill off any other troublesome bugs that maybe in your yeast wash (with an exception to wild yeast, I believe).
I am interested in taking advantage of this for my next yeast wash, since I experience a mild bug infection on one of my yeast washes a year ago and it ruined a couple of batches of beer before I could discover the problem. I'd like to avoid that situation again
Any information would be greatly appreciated. I would love to hear your procedures and tips for doing a yeast wash with citric acid.
Thanks
Redbeard5289
My apologies if this topic has been brought up before, I couldn't find any reference of this topic when I did a search.
Has anyone done ever done a yeast washing with citric acid before? If so, How did you do it?
The reason I ask is that I saw a brief mention of doing a yeast wash with citric acid (with a ph balance of 2.2) in one of the northern brewer catalogs a month or so ago. The little article blurp was talking about ph and the importance it plays in home brewing. Near the end of the ph article it mentioned that you could do a yeast wash with citric acid to kill off any other troublesome bugs that maybe in your yeast wash (with an exception to wild yeast, I believe).
I am interested in taking advantage of this for my next yeast wash, since I experience a mild bug infection on one of my yeast washes a year ago and it ruined a couple of batches of beer before I could discover the problem. I'd like to avoid that situation again
Any information would be greatly appreciated. I would love to hear your procedures and tips for doing a yeast wash with citric acid.
Thanks
Redbeard5289