wyeast west yorkshire
wyeast west yorkshire
hi all just started using this yeast with great results i have seen before about putting a new wort directly on to yeast already used in fermentor how or does it work and any method how to do this thanks lee
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- Hollow Legs
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Re: wyeast west yorkshire
I think this yeast is a top cropper, so reuse is scraping off a bit of fresh yeast and keeping it in the fridge isn't it
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Re: wyeast west yorkshire
You can top-crop this yeast and save it for another brew. Or, just reuse the yeast that has sunk to the bottom after fermentation.
If top cropping, best to do this after around 48 hours and make sure you leave enough to cover your existing brew.
If top cropping, best to do this after around 48 hours and make sure you leave enough to cover your existing brew.
Re: wyeast west yorkshire
It's not a method I've used (mainly because I don't get two brew days close enough together!) but i'm sure I've read that if you're dumping onto the previous yeast cake, remove around 3/4 of it first. The remaining 1/4 is (apparently) a better amount, leaving enough room for growth of fresh cells and avoiding an over pitch. Happy to be contradicted by anyone who's tried it. I wouldn't fancy it if I'd just done a load of FV hopping in the same vessel either, unbagged.
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Re: wyeast west yorkshire
I do it differently , I leave a liter or so of fermented wort in the fermentor and swirl it around the yeast and take that as my 'new' yeast and pitch that into a fresh fermentor with the new wort. One is I believe the trub on the very bottom of the previous fermentor is basically crap/trub/dead yeast , and I won't have any yeast 'climb' on the walls of the fermentor to worry about, like the ring that the krausen leaves behind.