Dr Chris White joins me this week to talk about Yeast viability, harvesting yeast and reusing yeast from batch to batch.
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Topics in This Week’s Episode (48:59)
- This week I welcome back Dr Chris White, President of White Labs one of the top brewing yeast providers in the world.
- We discuss some of the new products coming from White Labs.
- Chris starts with a discussion of yeast viability – specifically what it is.
- We talk about the factors affecting yeast viability for liquid yeast and how it affects the lifespan for a package of yeast.
- Chris shares his thoughts on determining when a packet of yeast is past its prime.
- He shares the basic process for harvesting yeast from a fermentation for reuse.
- We discuss washing yeast and what that entails.
- Chris tells us how to store harvested yeast and when the best time to use it is.
- We talk about how much repitched yeast to use and whether a starter is needed.
- Chris tells us how many times you can reuse yeast.
- He gives his closing thoughts.
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