yeast cake

all grain · May 20, 2014

I have some yeast cake from WL 0029 yeast and it is vary compact, the most compact yeast cake I have ever seen. my question is how hard can I shake it up with out harming the yeast? dose shaking yeast harm them or not?

Maine Homebrewer · May 20, 2014

I don't think shaking could do more harm than a stir plate.

Scott Ickes · May 20, 2014

Never shake a baby! Yeast cake though, I frikken shake the heck out of it when I'm harvesting it. I doubt them get bruised or dizzzy.

Baron Von MunchKrausen · May 20, 2014

Shake the blazes outta that yeast!
They'll love ya for it!

all grain · May 20, 2014

ok, thanks all.. I'LL shake, shake, shake. shake my yeast cake.

Scott Ickes · May 20, 2014

Do a little dance, make a little love, shake your yeast cake...shake your yeeeeast cake.

You probably don't remember that song, unless your around mid-fifties or older in age....

all grain · May 22, 2014

Scott Ickes said:
Do a little dance, make a little love, shake your yeast cake...shake your yeeeeast cake.

You probably don't remember that song, unless your around mid-fifties or older in age....

KC & The Sunshine Band is where I remember that from, herd it on the radio way to much in the 80s.

brewfun · May 24, 2014

all grain said:
KC & The Sunshine Band is where I remember that from, herd it on the radio way to much in the 80s.

Excellent! Since the song came out in '76. Hehe!

AND there's plenty of Cowbell!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgZOYt5kH9Q&feature=kp

Blue Man Group version. This will cause the neurons in your head to fire off in pleasing ways....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQZVd76ShrM

Scott Ickes · May 24, 2014

Wow. That brought back memories of disco, bell bottoms, silk shirts, and leasure suits. I graduated from high school in 1977, right at the peak of all of that.