Saving/Reusing wild yeast
Saving/Reusing wild yeast
Hi all, I'm just about to rack off a batch of strawberry wine, which I let do a wild yeast ferment. If it's ok I'm hoping to reuse the yeast, any ideas how best to store the yeast until I'm ready to use it.
Re: Saving/Reusing wild yeast
I've never stored wine yeast for reuse, but beer yeast is best stored under beer (a yeast deposit in the bottle is a common source). If you want to harvest and store yeast (with wine I guess it will be from the bottom of the fermenter) you can store it in the fridge under either a cover of beer or distilled water.
Whether the above translates to wine yeast I couldn't say.
Whether the above translates to wine yeast I couldn't say.