Anybody reused yeasts from wine making?
ie like the beer boys do as in using the leftover fermented stuff in the bottom of the FV?
They usually make up a starter type bottle with malt extract powder to get the yeast going again - just wondered if it can be done with wine yeasts and maybe a sugar solution in place of the malt extract?
Yeast - Reusable?
Re: Yeast - Reusable?
Not sure about wine yeast. I tend to buy pots of "general purpose" wine yeast, so it's too cheap to bother about. However, I recently brewed some turbo cider using a proper cider yeast, and was very impressed. So for my next TC I cultured the yeast from the bottom of a bottle. I added apple juice and some yeast nutrient then shook it well to introduce oxygen. This seems to have worked well, and the TC is just about ready for bottling.
Personally if I were to do this I would use either (white?) grape juice, or fruit juice (apple?) with some nutrient. Malt already has some nutrient in it to help the yeasties grow, but most fruit juices (with the notable exception of grape juice) do not. On second thoughts, probably best to use the juice of the fruit that you are about to ferment, as this will select the best yeasts to ferment this juice.
Hope tis helps
GTI
Personally if I were to do this I would use either (white?) grape juice, or fruit juice (apple?) with some nutrient. Malt already has some nutrient in it to help the yeasties grow, but most fruit juices (with the notable exception of grape juice) do not. On second thoughts, probably best to use the juice of the fruit that you are about to ferment, as this will select the best yeasts to ferment this juice.
Hope tis helps
GTI
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Conditioning: Grape wine 2009 & 2010; Pomegranate and cherry wine
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Conditioning: Grape wine 2009 & 2010; Pomegranate and cherry wine
Brewing: Vinojay (orange wine); Vino de tavola - rosso
Planning: Newton's Porter
Gone but not forgotten: Mead; Framboos (Kit); Gorse wine;
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Re: Yeast - Reusable?
Hi thanks for the reply GTI - the reason i asked is it seems pretty straightforward with the 'ale' yeasts.
Problem is - i am an ex-pat in Turkey so no access to regular HBS like most peeps. So have to go with what i have, i have used Allinsons bakers yeast this last year with good results on all my wines - using all fresh ingredients off the trees etc,
My Mrs is in the UK at the mo; stocking up on the yeasties and hops for wine and beer brewing and obviously cant just pop over for another pack of yeast etc hence the question. So from what you said i can see it looks perfectly viable.
May even have a go at making slants etc as i now have all the stuff to do that with. Just sourcing malt too so will have to roast my own as well.
Also looking into having some hop rhizomes brought out early next year too so i can grow those as well.
Cheers
Scream
Problem is - i am an ex-pat in Turkey so no access to regular HBS like most peeps. So have to go with what i have, i have used Allinsons bakers yeast this last year with good results on all my wines - using all fresh ingredients off the trees etc,
My Mrs is in the UK at the mo; stocking up on the yeasties and hops for wine and beer brewing and obviously cant just pop over for another pack of yeast etc hence the question. So from what you said i can see it looks perfectly viable.
May even have a go at making slants etc as i now have all the stuff to do that with. Just sourcing malt too so will have to roast my own as well.
Also looking into having some hop rhizomes brought out early next year too so i can grow those as well.
Cheers
Scream