Yeast Reuse

[3stall]

What's the best way to collect yeast trub from bottom of carboy for reuse? How much do I need to collect an how long can it be stored?

Any suggested books that cover this in detail.

[PorkSlapper]

You can go through the Sunday session archives and listen to any of the shows that have White labs as a guest, as well as Brew Strong episodes pertaining to yeast. Jamil gives out some great info on his process in many of the brew strong episodes.

http://www.thebrewingnetwork.com/shows/Brew-Strong/Brew-Strong-12-22-08-Yeast-Starters

http://www.thebrewingnetwork.com/shows/492 -this episode is all about repitching yeast.

-SAK

[cdburg]

It's covered very thoroughly here...
http://www.thebrewingnetwork.com/store/ ... cts_id=148

[spiderwrangler]

Also read through Ozwald's thoughts on the matter...

[Ozwald]

Also read through Ozwald's thoughts on the matter...

Sorry, I haven't got your pint glass in the mail yet.

The best way to get yeast out of a carboy, in my opinion, is to basically do a big rinse. Rack the beer to your bottling bucket, make sure the top of the carboy is re-sanitized & capped while you bottle, and pour your rinse water in the carboy. Swirl it up & transfer it over to a sanitized jar. You can save a rinse cycle by letting it partially settle & leaving the bottom layer in the carboy, or you could just transfer the whole thing over. If you've ever done a starter & let it settle out, you'll have a good idea of how much you'll need to pitch. It'll vary by strain.