I pored that yeast down the drain btw, after an attempt of proofing it seemed to be hopeless. Will get some fresh lager yeast and start from there, its 7 bucks for a sachet so I will keep it cycling.
right.... but if dead yeast taste like vegemite, why would you want that taste in your beer?Why? Isn't Vegemite made of dead yeast, its rich in vitamin B and good for you. So any good reason to loose the dead troops away? Otherwise I ain't be bothering to wash it...
right.... but if dead yeast taste like vegemite, why would you want that taste in your beer?
Autolysis flavours are bad.
Here's a link I just googled with more better descriptions, "Yeast autolysis or self-lysis is the breaking open or rupturing of the yeast cell and the transfer (leaking out) of undesirable substances and off-flavours to the beer. The flavour is described as yeast-bite, broth-like, meaty, sulphury and dirty diaper." yum
Can I use water and sugar to make them breed? If so how much.
Type 'Yeast Starter' into the search function on every page of this forum, you'll get a number of very useful results.correct but the ones i found they are using dried yeast, so its a different approach
if you got links for me i'll take em
Okay right now I'm harvesting some yeast from the bottom of the bucket. I have read some stuff about yeast washing and they tell you everything to keep only the living colonies. They tell you as well that the dead ones has to be chucked out. My question is: Why? Isn't Vegemite made of dead yeast, its rich in vitamin B and good for you. So any good reason to loose the dead troops away? Otherwise I ain't be bothering to wash it...
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