Yeast tip

[Brew Cat]

Hell ya! Have you had good results with it?

Are you pulling it at high krausen?

well I've done it a few times when I want to brew and don't have yeast but have an actively fermenting beer
I only do it at high krausen, it takes right off since it is just a continuation of the fermentation
kind of like an upside down secondary on more fermentables
by the way Ive done when baking bread as well
actually the first time was baking my beer bread after reading a history of bread making which related that the hausfrau would go to the brewer for some Krausen for baking the bread

 

[Brew Cat]

Ok dumb question here. I have reused yeast several times by just sloshing the leftover bottoms after transferring the beer to a keg and pouring a pint or two for further use.
is there a difference using the top cropped yeast?

the stuff on the bottom is mostly spent and lazy yeast the Krausen are the first string players if you will
I mostly do the bottom crop which by the way has just as much or maybe more risk of infection IMO
its situational brewing

 

[Brew Cat]

While we are on the subject you can use the Krausen from your blowoff
I've never tried but why not put you blowoff tube in your fresh wort to inoculate ?

 

[Zambi]

While we are on the subject you can use the Krausen from your blowoff
I've never tried but why not put you blowoff tube in your fresh wort to inoculate ?

Interesting idea

 

[Brew Cat]

You know you people are so anal about opening your fermenter we did secondaries for years no problem
I didn't stop doing secondary
because I was worried about infection I stopped because I'm lazy

 

[Josh Hughes]

I think make essentially a “starter” of about a gallon, same recipe, and pitch into other batch when starter is high Krausen would would and not be too risky

 

[Brew Cat]

I think make essentially a “starter” of about a gallon, same recipe, and pitch into other batch when starter is high Krausen would would and not be too risky

Well yes or build up from anything you have on tap or in a bottle but that requires planning ahead and that's fine but what to do when you get itchy and want to brew that day

 

[Ward Chillington]

Ok dumb question here. I have reused yeast several times by just sloshing the leftover bottoms after transferring the beer to a keg and pouring a pint or two for further use.
is there a difference using the top cropped yeast?

Top fermenting yeast harvested at high krausen versus harvesting from the cake. Interesting though, by the definition, krausening seems like there's 3 different practices all using the same verb. Krausening to carbonate, start fermentation and finally, to restart stalled fermentation. Good old German efficiency I guess.

 

[Craigerrr]

It's kinda like aloha in Hawaii

 

[Ward Chillington]

It's kinda like aloha in Hawaii

Yeah. Who says the Germans had a the patent on efficiency? Mahalo!

 

[Brew Cat]

Here's another one
You know know when you shake the keg it stirs up the yeast
Well make some wort with your DME chill and pull some of that stuff from your tap and let ferment a few days then use it
Sanitation of course

 

[Bigbre04]

I did listen to a podcast on the "probrewer" podcast that was talking about essentially pulling yeast off the blowoff arm. as i recall, it was very difficult to master and get consistent results.

the other thing to think about is that you removing your most active yeast so your overall fermentation can slow. Probably wont hurt overall, but something to think about.