Collecting yeast from blowoff bucket

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  1. macandrewsRIP

    macandrewsRIP Crusader (411) Oct 28, 2007 Massachusetts

    Scottish 80/- recipe, gravity 1.050, White labs Edinburgh yeast, i attached a blow off tube directly from my 6.5/7 gallon carboy directly into 2-quart glass pitcher where i had halfway filled it with the Star San solution i used to sanitize my equipment.

    I collected about an inch+ of yeast from the hose after 10 days and my plan is to pitch that yeast into a sanitized glass mason jar of an equal amount of liquid. Put it in the fridge, wait for the yeast to settle to the bottom, do the transfer process into a new sanitized glass a few times and then use that yeast for a new batch of beer.

    Any of the yeast veterans have any thoughts if this sounds viable? Is the Star San solution too toxic for the yeast? Or is my proposed methodology OK? Any thoughts welcomed…. thanks in advance.
     
    #1 macandrewsRIP, Apr 29, 2016
  2. Brew_Betty

    Brew_Betty Initiate (0) Jan 5, 2015 Wisconsin

    Salvaging yeast from StarSan is not recommended. My best guess is the StarSan killed 99% of the yeast.
     
    #2 Brew_Betty, Apr 29, 2016
  3. VikeMan

    VikeMan Grand Pooh-Bah (3,067) Jul 12, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    Well, yeah. Killing yeast and other bugs is what StarSan is for.
     
    #3 VikeMan, Apr 29, 2016
  4. macandrewsRIP

    macandrewsRIP Crusader (411) Oct 28, 2007 Massachusetts

    Ok thanks thought i might have a chance, oh well.
     
    #4 macandrewsRIP, Apr 29, 2016
  5. bgjohnston

    bgjohnston Initiate (0) Jan 14, 2009 Connecticut

    I suggest collecting from the bottom of your bucket after you have racked off the yeast. Put in a glass jar in the fridge, and add it to some starter wort when you want to ferment with it again.
     
    #5 bgjohnston, Apr 29, 2016
  6. Travisurfin247

    Travisurfin247 Initiate (0) Dec 20, 2010 South Carolina

    When I want to collect yeast from the blowoff tube, I have a large jar with a wide lid. I drilled two holes in the lid: one for the blowoff tube, and one for a stopper and airlock. Instead of starsan, I put about an inch of water that was previously boiled and cooled, with the blowoff tube below the water level.
     
    #6 Travisurfin247, Apr 30, 2016
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