Harvesting yeast

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Permalink Reply by Ralph on July 30, 2012 at 8:18pm

There really is a heap of info on this all over the internet. Here is one site that explains it from the first page of google results...

http://www.thescrewybrewer.com/2012/04/making-starter-from-harveste...

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Permalink Reply by Liam Callaghan on July 31, 2012 at 2:00pm

This is a good one for washing or rinsing yeast too.

http://www.brewersfriend.com/2010/01/30/yeast-washing-101/

 

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Jorgensen on August 7, 2012 at 4:30am

Another option is to harvest from kräusen rather than from trub. There's less crap in there so you don't have to worry about washing it. I boil a glass jar, lid and spoon, starting from cold water, for about 5 minutes, and when they're cool I simply scoop kräusen off the top until I fill the jar. Put the lid on, label it and whack it in the fridge. Works fine, although I don't really trust it to leave the yeast more than six weeks.

To use it, I just take it out of the fridge on brew day, allow it to warm to room temperature, and pitch it directly.

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Permalink Reply by Alice Dee on August 8, 2012 at 9:25pm

I gotta say, the only other place I heard your last name from was White Zombie :)

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Jorgensen on August 8, 2012 at 10:27pm

There was a Kiwi machine gun murderer called Ron Jorgensen. No relation though.

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Permalink Reply by Alice Dee on August 9, 2012 at 12:41am

Do you have your firearms licence?

MSSA?

No just joking mate :)

Best not go to the U S of A and spout that fact at present.

Anyways they are a product of their own environment :)

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