Home Brew Wednesday #6 - Trewb Newb

How about some re-harvested yeast in your next brew, and a new hoppy brew on. Welcome to this late addition to Home Brew Wednesdays.

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[LactobacillusBrevis]

The good way to store yeast is to keep it under wort (cooled of course ;) ), because water "sucks" all the nutritions out of the yeastcell, this puts the yeastcell under "stress".

By using wort you can also observe how vital your yeast is. You also should not store the yeast for long time, because it will sooner or later start to die.

Cheers and keep the yeast happy ;)

[RickySalami]

Craig I made my own Homebrew Wednesday, A how to on bottling

[manosaxy]

There are a few reasons that I do starters. 1) the yeast gets going much more quickly. I see signs of fermentation as soon as a couple of hours after pitching and its usually rocking by the next morning. 2) especially when using harvested yeast, its a great way to check for infection and that is a HUGE concern with harvested yeast. 3) I can use the "older" yeast that my homebrew shop sells at a big discount.

[79sdavis]

I did a tour at my local micro-brewery, and they collect the yeast off their beers from the top of the fermentation instead of the bottom (being an ale, top fermenting beer so this makes sense). They have been using the same strain of yeast for the last 350 years! (they collected a yeast from a european brewery). I have collected from the bottom Trub before, but I think I will try from the top next time.

[homebeerbrewery]

Happy HBW Craig! Cheers

[Offroadmaddness]

Hi Craig, Just wondering if you have done an Australian Pale Ale? I had a search through your vids and can't find a vid on it. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the kit, it's one of my favourites. I use the Coopers Australian Pale Ale, Brew Enhancer 2 and 30grams of casscade hops boiled for 15min.

Cheers!

[Tinsletooth]

I wish there were more people people on youtube that did wine homebrewing. I just wanted to know about the benefits of yeast rinsing and if it worked in red wine. I am about to rack my red wine and was thinking of keeping the yeast. Red wine however gets more alcoholic than beer and it could kill the yeast off.

[jakeanddar]

Are you sure those jars where not your samples for the doctor Craig? lol Cheers!

[tfs2006]

i did exactly what your doing with your rinsed yeast just brought the jar out a couple hours in advance to let it warm to room temp and pitched it straight into my brew and it turned out great ive been rinsing yeast from every brew i do and when i make a batch similar in style i pitch it again. seems to work great and haven't had any problems yet. i've even cultured some yeast from raisins and brewed up your famous cider with it and it turned out great!

[HomeBrewBeerRecipes]

About the washed yeast... I don't think a starter is necessary, but I do think that it helps get the yeast out of suspension. Most people separate the washed yeast into 4 - 8oz bottles. I do only two because who really needs that many bottles. I typically take the yeast out in advance so that the jar is at room temperature by the time I pitch it.

[dopeymb]

Craig, For those of us who are new to homebrewing can you do a video explaining the ABV of hops. Like which ABV values are best for diffrent styles of beer, and what is best for bittering, flavor, and aroma. Thanks.