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Should yeast be washed or just stored in the beer?
Yes, the current consensus is don't bother rinsing (homebrewers almost never truly wash) the yeast. I have verified this for myself over the course of hundreds of batches. There is no advantage to ...
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Natural hard cider from Apples to Alcohol no additives. Is this possible?
The microbes that are present in the juice (from the skins of the apple and on the press itself) will eventually replicate and start to metabolize the sugars in the juice.
If, by "bad", you mean "...
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Should yeast be washed or just stored in the beer?
I disagree that yeast slurry shouldn't be 'washed' (purified, really) in general. I think it's all about how you go about it and what you want to accomplish. If it's done right, in a sanitary manner, ...
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Can I harvest my hops wet?
I was in Yakima for Hop and Brew School about a month ago and asked a hop grower the same question. His answer was "we're gonna dry 'em anyway!". Dry them as soon as possible...hops start to compost ...
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Harvesting yeast question
Put it in the fridge and let it settle a bit, after a few hours (maybe 12) or so you should eventually see layers, with a cream colored cake on the bottom which will be your yeast. It's a little ...
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Pressurized Ferment Yeast Harvest -- what are these layers?
Judging by the light creamy color of your yeast/trub layer, it looks like you harvested very clean yeast, with very little trub mixed in.
I'm not sure where that creamy foaming comes from, as you ...
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Is my frozen yeast okay?
Make a starter ASAP. That is the only way to know if anything survived. Chances are slim as the frozen cells rapture when frozen. If the starter picks up, then step it up and harvest from that.
If ...
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Is my frozen yeast okay?
The viability will have been seriously affected you may have some OK cells in there, but the formation of ice crystals with in the cells will have ruptured the majority of the cells. You may be able ...
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