Yeast Yield

[wombil]

Hey Guys,
I have dumped a 20 liter brew on top of the yeast cake of a previous 20 liter brew and fermented out.
I have harvested the yeast off of this and it has been settling for 2 hours after one wash and looks like there is over a liter of yeast in the jug,[picture]. Does this seem right? I am just having a go at harvesting some yeast.
The yeast is us-05 and the brew is nick JD's recipe for $30 ag.I love the stuff.

 

[bignath]

G'day Wombil,

it sure does look that way to me from the picture. I'm relatively new to the yeast recycling thing, but so far have had good results.

I wouldn't have thought that it would be possible to retrieve that much yeast from a 20lt ferment, but it certainly (to me) looks like it.

I'd leave it for a while and see if some other layer starts appearing below the milky white suspension. This will be trub and other stuff...but it does look like you've got a very impressive yeast collection there.

 

[CosmicBertie]

Hey Guys,
I have dumped a 20 liter brew on top of the yeast cake of a previous 20 liter brew and fermented out.
I have harvested the yeast off of this and it has been settling for 2 hours after one wash and looks like there is over a liter of yeast in the jug,[picture]. Does this seem right? I am just having a go at harvesting some yeast.
The yeast is us-05 and the brew is nick JD's recipe for $30 ag.I love the stuff.
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Looks like mine. I'd leave it to settle out a bit, then tip off any beer from off the top. I think put in some boiled and cooled water to 'loosen' it and stick it in the fridge. Next time you use it, make a 2 litre starter first. I've just done this and it fermented a 23L batch in 5 days