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Offline Lasttime4u

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On the fence about using yeast slury...
« on: October 10, 2022, 03:07:40 am »
Hello ;)

I am not too experienced on reusing yeast.

Yesterday, I kegged a hazy IPA (closed transfer) from a fermzilla conical. I left the yeast on the bottom of the empty firmzilla with a 1 inch layer of beer on top (hope that makes sense). No oxygen entered and should be all CO2 inside. Still a little pressure inside the firmzilla too... so the yeast has been sitting 30 hours in an empty fermenter but with no oxygen.

Anyways, i was thinking of using that yeast for a brew i did today (chilling down currently).

Any harm in this? It was Verdant IPA dry yeast originally fermenting the hazy.

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Re: On the fence about using yeast slury...
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2022, 04:44:29 am »
That should be fine.  I have used yeast several weeks after harvesting it
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Re: On the fence about using yeast slury...
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2022, 10:16:42 am »
Storing the yeast in the environment it created (beer + CO2) sounds ideal. 


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Re: On the fence about using yeast slury...
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2022, 10:45:13 am »
Wouldn't worry about it at all.
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Re: On the fence about using yeast slury...
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2022, 05:56:55 pm »
I know your decision is long made and wort fermented but I’ll add I firmly stand on the soapbox of reusing yeast slurry! I will typically reuse approximately 1/3 of a cake being sure to remove as much non-yeast material as possible. Additionally I’m fermenting in buckets and leave a half inch of beer over my cakes that will typically sit for 1-3 weeks before their next use. Using this method I routinely reuse a yeast 3-6 times prior to moving on to another yeast out of desire for diversity.


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