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Harvesting yeast is new to me so I came back over to the beginners forum for this post.
Last night, I kegged a pale ale fermented with WLP-095. After pouring off most of the remaining beer, I was left with a fairly dense 1.25” yeast cake, to which I added a half gallon of distilled water, gave it all a good shake, filled a bunch of mason jars…. And waited for the yeast and the trub to separate.
Its 12hrs later and i still dont see the sort of separation I was expecting based on the dozens of web tutorials I watched.
I hoped to harvest this yeast all along, so i left a lot of gunk in the kettle on brew day and only dry hopped a couple ounces in a hop bag.
Is this ALL yeast? I’m sure there will be more settling while I’m at work today, but it looks like I will have +/-2 quarts of yeast????
Last night, I kegged a pale ale fermented with WLP-095. After pouring off most of the remaining beer, I was left with a fairly dense 1.25” yeast cake, to which I added a half gallon of distilled water, gave it all a good shake, filled a bunch of mason jars…. And waited for the yeast and the trub to separate.
Its 12hrs later and i still dont see the sort of separation I was expecting based on the dozens of web tutorials I watched.
I hoped to harvest this yeast all along, so i left a lot of gunk in the kettle on brew day and only dry hopped a couple ounces in a hop bag.
Is this ALL yeast? I’m sure there will be more settling while I’m at work today, but it looks like I will have +/-2 quarts of yeast????