Yeast washer conical

[troutie]

Is this a stupid idea to make a yeast washer from a tap and used water bottle





currently testing it with yeast I am not bothered about so no top on

 

[fbsf]

Ingenious. Interested to know if this works!

 

[evanvine]

Yes, a neat idea, I think it's got potential!

 

[troutie]

Looking good at the moment



Draining the trub

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1qRXrh9Arw

 

[Dronfieldbrewer]

Genius. ..absolute genius

 

[dennisking]

:clap: :clap: :clap: I like it.

 

[lambert]

Awesome!

 

[troutie]

Thanks folks
looks like its a goer but my tap is not very controllable it seems to be all or nothing
but that may also be the viscosity of the trub
it needs draining quite slowly or it just drains the centre and the edges go down but slowly
some more trub is collecting in the cone so going to leave it overnight and see how it looks.

 

[Cononthebarber]

That looks like a really clever idea, do you think it might work better with a ball valve or washing machine valve? You may be able to control the flow better? Just a thought... :thumb:

 

[troutie]

That looks like a really clever idea, do you think it might work better with a ball valve or washing machine valve? You may be able to control the flow better? Just a thought... :thumb:

Probably would dump the thick slurry better so worth thinking about
for a MK2 version Only spent £1.50 for the tap and £1.06 for the water bottle with free water in

 

[evanvine]

How long are you letting the slurry settle, before attempting to drain off?

 

[Darcey]

This is amazing. Why have I not thought about this before!? We are trying to do different yeasts at work, culturing up yeasts for a 4BBl. Hmmm I wonder what I can get a budget for!!


(£5.. most likely.)
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[troutie]

How long are you letting the slurry settle, before attempting to drain off?

For this first time I was probably too quick to drain the trub off I would be tempted to leave it for as long as it took to get the layers of sedimentation nice and clear .
heres the this morning pic with last nights trub in the jar



I will leave this one untill the top layer goes clear then try another wash to see what its like but I am happy with the result and would be happy to pitch the remaining slurry in a brew .

going to try it with the yeast from my brewing Saison to see if I can capture the Belle Saison yeasties at the weekend.

(£5.. most likely.)

Well that enough for 2 conicals :thumb:


Would a clean cloth soaked in Star San solution make an acceptable cover on top ?

 

[bunkerbrewer]

For this first time I was probably too quick to drain the trub off I would be tempted to leave it for as long as it took to get the layers of sedimentation nice and clear .

That's interesting. I use a DJ for yeast washing, and for the first wash I leave it no longer than 20-30 minutes before pouring the top layers off the trub. I've always thought that any longer and the yeast flocs start to settle down into the trub.

Sometimes I wash a second time after that, where it gets left overnight or longer in the fridge to separate yeast from liquid.

 

[troutie]

For this first time I was probably too quick to drain the trub off I would be tempted to leave it for as long as it took to get the layers of sedimentation nice and clear .

That's interesting. I use a DJ for yeast washing, and for the first wash I leave it no longer than 20-30 minutes before pouring the top layers off the trub. I've always thought that any longer and the yeast flocs start to settle down into the trub.

Sometimes I wash a second time after that, where it gets left overnight or longer in the fridge to separate yeast from liquid.

I am a total newb to this yeast washing and not even sure which part to keep yet so do need some help here

this morning I drained the bottom layer into one of those pop bottles with the valve on top to see if it would make a mini conical
as you can see in the video it looks to leave some behind but when I stirred it with a spoon it was only a coating on the bottle
be better to find the steepest cone for this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewAxxA0Zxwk

 

[evanvine]

Would a clean cloth soaked in Star San solution make an acceptable cover on top ?

Any clean dry cloth with a tight weave (eg tea towel) no need for the Star San, it would dry out anyway!

 

[Cononthebarber]

Or a piece of sterilised tin foil wrapped round the top?

 

[evanvine]

Tin foil would not allow it to breathe, and again no need to be paranoid about sterilising.

 

[troutie]

OK Ta so lid sorted
this has been in the fridge for 24 hours




which part is the bit we want to save here

 

[Cononthebarber]

You want the middle layer. The top sections is all wort so unneeded, and the bottom bit will be trub (proteins and dead yeast cells etc...) the middle section should all be viable live yeast :thumb: