Re-using Yeast, the easy way
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- čas přidán 16. 11. 2018
- Easy peasy!
1. When bottling, leave 1-2cm of beer on top of the cake
2. Stir it up and pour it into containers
3. Pitch that into your next batch
The yeast in this video was already on it's second gig having been in my recent batches of pale and amber ale, so now it will get a third run with tobedecidedale Did I mention that it's BRY97?
Also, as I said when I first tried the amber I was a bit worried because it tasted very yeasty, but that was after only a couple of days in the bottle and it's since gone nice and normal, so no worries :o) - Jak na to + styl
YES, been waiting for this!
That even easier than saving some of my starter yeast. Thanks for the video.
I thoroughly enjoyed this video
I laugh my arse off knowing how happy you are to make your own beer
It's fun!
Little word of advice, kiwis don't actually need to be refrigerated, they store fine in a cool dark place
gonna be my go to way of reusing yeast,thanks Cheers
Now that I'm seasick from watching this, great info. I've been wondering about yeast reuse. Does it carry any flavors over from one brew to the next?
Awesome video, thanks very much
I didn't see you sort the trub from your jars. Is that a good idea, to throw old trub into a new brew?
I usually order yeast in the mail because of distance, I get 3 packs of Safale US05 for around $20 delivered, until I found out that you could just gather up the yeast from a previous batch and pitch that, you can wash it, you use 50% yeast and 50% water put it in a jar and shake it then leave 30 mins to an hour and you get a 1 cm or so in the bottom, that is trub the rest is yeast suspended in water and you pour that off into another jar, but I usually do what you just did then, I chuck the whole lot of yeast in and it starts fermenting within an hour because of the high yeast cell count so it's around $7 a saving every time I brew and over time that adds up and in the end you get a superior brew with a healthy amount of yeast, this is also great for those expensive liquid yeasts that you buy, the reason why you can't get them as dried is because not all yeasts will dry out and be still viable so they have to remain liquid
G'day mate . I was wondering were you got the tap from for fermenter . I ask as my original tap broke all the holding tabs off it half way through a brew . Luckily I noticed and taped it up . But now need a new one
If you've got a Coopers fermenter you can get new Coopers taps on their website for a couple of bucks and they don't charge postage
Great stuff! Was just planning on making my first yeast starter for a few larger beers i'm planning on doing. A IIPA and a NEIPA that I wouldn't mind having a stronger starting yeast for. Saw you had a stuck fermentation you put a starter into a while back.
Yeah I kinda did a few things wrong with those though so make sure you read about it. In the end though I don't think it was stuck, it just had other problems
@@FastHomebrew No worries. Just re-watched the video and read your comments about what you think caused the issues you had. I'll probably do a starter similar to that of DrHans. Seemed to be a thorough explanation.
Do you reckon you could just pour the next wort in to the fermenter on top of the old yeast cake?
Yep, this can be done - it's known as pitching onto the yeast cake
Hey, is that a homemade bottle tree there?
Prost I. Have done it many of times , nice vid buddy .
That is actually pretty genius. I always hestitate on using big brand yeasts. There is no question if they make better beers than your usual Coopers or such kit yeast but do they make so much better beer that you want to waste all those extra dollars on them? Eh... But recycling them like this makes the cost not a problem! All I need is few empty pickle jars.
What if you just poured a bottle of beer into a new batch as starter yeast? It's one less beer that you could drink but would it work?
It wouldn't be enough yeast, but you could probably save the yeast from 6 bottles and still enjoy the beer! Check out my "ESVA" videos where I harvest commercial yeast
LOL how many beers did you drink before and while making this video? :D
Your a hoot lol I loved this video pluses it was helpful ;-)
" and..play with the dog" nice dog!
"can leave it in the fridge up to a month" does it go bad after that?
Any idea how long yeast can hang around in the fridge for? I'm about to keg a couple of beers this weekend but unlikely to brew again until the new year.
Worth saving it? They're just Muntons ale kit yeasts.
If you do it this way then about a month
Fast Homebrew probably outside that window, I guess the only thing for it is to brew more beer sooner!
Thanks for the reply.
That's alright. I think rinsed yeast lasts a bit longer so you may want to look into that option as well
Would using the left over yeast from racking wine be able to put in small mason jar add sugar & water with a cloth over it be able to become vinegar?
No idea sorry!
I've noticed you like your PET bottles. Any reason you don't use glass bottles? PET is easier? I'm new to this in case you didn't realise ;P
New is awesome! With this hobby you can either keep it simple or delve right the the rabbit hole of electronics and water chemistry ... it's crazy. To answer your question, they're light, they're cheap, you can tell by squeeze how well carbonated they are, and if they explode you don't have a glass grenade.
@@FastHomebrew good point, no off flavors?
No time for yawn.. Great vid. Sub done.. Thanks
so you know you just poured off all your yeast from the jars and repitched all your crap right?
Even simpler i just sanitize 1 extra bottle n fill that , you know how you told the FV forward to pour that last bottle? Well you just rock back, swirl, n do the last bottle with the thick yeast slurry. Keep it in the fridge. I just pulled kveik yeast out of fridge after 7 months n its making BETTER beer than before!
Thought i was watching Uncle Arthur!!!!!!
Sometimes I pour the cool wort straight on top of a yeast cake in the fermenter of a beer I just bottled for a super quick method
Any problems with that?
I do the same thing all the time. The only problem I have is it starts off incredibly fast and furious so fermentation temps control is important. Oh and don't forget a blow off tube :)
The yeasty way of doing it ?
Farming yeast should improve your beers and if you farm commercial beers that have left the yeast in their bottles ie Coopers beers you get to use commercial yeasts they keep secret!!!!! Not available unless you drink their beer--the sacrifices we make.
You could try to pour off the top and middle layer of your yeast jars. The bottom layer is full of dead cells -which is not required or desired.
There are lots of You-tube demo's on this.
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I reactivated some Coopers yeast just last weekend actually! Also, I know I'm tipping in dead stuff but I'm unable to see the different layers and dead cells make good nutrient anyway so in it all goes
I do this a lot now instead of top cropping! The only downside I’ve found is it ferments down further making stronger beer! Oh well, life’s a bitch!! 😂😂
Sounds like you're getting better value!
Cool dobie I have a blue
Oh really? I've never even seen one of those!
Shit yeah!!!!!!
even easier: put more wort in the fermenter on top of the yeast.
Yeah, "pitching onto the yeast cake" - I should do a couple of similar beers back-to-back for the sake of doing this
@@FastHomebrew - I'd always be super scared of infection doing that.
Like I know that everything inside the fermenter should be infection-free if the first beer you did in there was, but it would just seem to be really dangerous to me, because you don't actually get to check that it all stayed clean, so you could pitch all your nice ingredients into a vessel 'pre-loaded' with an infection.
Indeed, but if something's infected it's usually preeeeeetty bad so you probably would know. A quick taste of whatever has just been bottled or kegged ought to be a good test.
@@FastHomebrew Yeah fair enough.
My first 10 brews were plagued by about 8 infections I think, so I am just super wary these days.
Oh wow, that's a terrible run of bad luck
Does your wife ever tell you that you're not a well individual?
I'm not crazy. At least, that's what the voices tell me ...
Dude You are so drunk..🙄
I wonder if this guy re-uses condoms. I wouldn't doubt it seeing as how a pack of high quality yeast costs somewhere around $1.50. SMH.