I emptied my carboys the other day, leaving a half inch or so of liquid on top of the yeast, and then put them both back in the fridge.
I was told that the yeast sitting there is very viable and ready to gobble some sugar and that all I need to do is put some properly oxygenated wort into it and agitate a bit to get things roiling.
I’m thinking this sounds pretty good, but I’ve got no clue on how to determine if there is enough viable yeast there or not. The two carboys were the fermentation vessels for a 10 gallon batch that I just decanted into aging kegs, so my thinking is that in the fermentation process (about 14 days) my initial pitch should have been well fed and grown some, so if it was enough for 10 gallons before fermentation, it should be more than enough after fermentation… Is this a correct assumption?
I’m planning to brew on Saturday and I’m thinking of getting a yeast starter going today just to be sure I have enough.
I guess there are really two questions here. One, is there enough yeast in the carboys, and Two, is there a downside (besides $$) to pitching too much yeast?
TIA,
JPK
I was told that the yeast sitting there is very viable and ready to gobble some sugar and that all I need to do is put some properly oxygenated wort into it and agitate a bit to get things roiling.
I’m thinking this sounds pretty good, but I’ve got no clue on how to determine if there is enough viable yeast there or not. The two carboys were the fermentation vessels for a 10 gallon batch that I just decanted into aging kegs, so my thinking is that in the fermentation process (about 14 days) my initial pitch should have been well fed and grown some, so if it was enough for 10 gallons before fermentation, it should be more than enough after fermentation… Is this a correct assumption?
I’m planning to brew on Saturday and I’m thinking of getting a yeast starter going today just to be sure I have enough.
I guess there are really two questions here. One, is there enough yeast in the carboys, and Two, is there a downside (besides $$) to pitching too much yeast?
TIA,
JPK