Drinking My Yeast

[ere109]

I brewed a lager five months ago, ran primary at 55, then dropped it one degree a day til I hit 33, and held it there for two months. Tonight I kegged it. Not wanting any of it to go to waste, after the autosiphon finished, I turned the carboy upside down and dumped the yeasty remains into a glass, which I'm thoroughly enjoying right now. It looks like apple cider, but this is going to be one good beer.

 

[bighorn_brew]

How'd that yeast treat you?

 

[FatherJack]

Whooooooaaaa

If I did that, I would turn into a gaseous giant unlike anything we've witnessed in the universe

 

[Zamial]

Whooooooaaaa

If I did that, I would turn into a gaseous giant unlike anything we've witnessed in the universe

I am a little fermenter!

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

how's your belly feeling? or your swimbo's nose and eyes?

 

[cooper]

That's just hard core man!

 

[TyTanium]

...so that's the cause of global warming

 

[Andrewtherooster]

Are you the yeast version of a hophead?

 

[Spring_Chicken]

I hope you stocked up on TP lately and have a clear schedule tomorrow.

 

[Andrewtherooster]

I hope you stocked up on TP lately and have a clear schedule tomorrow.

If he doesn't have a clear "schedule" tomorrow this will sure clear it out for him. And by "schedule" I mean "rectum."

 

[cooper]

Activia can't hold a candle to some good ole Lager yeast!

 

[SenorPepe]

My advice? Check periodically for leakage.

 

[JonK331]

Ha hah ah ha hha this is hilarious. Drinking that would seriously hurt me. Yeast gas is the worst smelling, longest lingering, nasty stuff ever.

 

[PanzerBanana]

hahaha A brewer after me own heart! When I'm done transferring my brew I pour myself a nice yeasty mug to sip on. Partly to see if the beer is going to work out and partly so none of it goes to waste.

Never had any ill effects, I figure it's due to eating fairly healthy and getting plenty of fiber. The yeast packs some mighty good nutrients if you've the constitution for it.

 

[cooper]

I have to transfer a lager over to the keg for lagering a week from now.. guess what I'm going to try! I'll definitely make SWMBO try it first!

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

I'll definitely make SWMBO try it first!

dude, that's just wrong on a few levels..... namely the level that you're going to have to sleep next to her after having her drink active yeast. i'd recommend a nose plug and maybe a towel over her side of the sheets.

 

[cooper]

haha I seriously doubt I could get her to try it.

 

[BrewerinBR]

If he doesn't have a clear "schedule" tomorrow this will sure clear it out for him. And by "schedule" I mean "rectum."

Rectum h#*l da@n near killed him

 

[Saxomophone]

I always drink the last bit of the bottle that has all the yeast in it to see what it tastes like but I don't think I'd drink the bottom of the fermentor.

You surely aren't the only one to do it though. I stopped by Listerman's in Cinci one time and one of the workers was drinking what looked like some kind of watery protein shake. I asked him what it was and he told me it was the dregs of something they were brewing.

 

[ere109]

It tasted great, and I felt no I'll effects. However, my stool was green for two days afterward.

 

[BeerCrafter2011]

Somewhat related topic: Can yeast survive the low pH in the stomach? What's the gas from - dead yeast or active yeast in your intestines? If it can survive low pH, is star san even effective? I too drank a lot of yeast over the weekend and I'm suffering. I nearly knocked myself out in my office. I mixed the dregs of 5 different beers and took a couple sips. Whew!

 

[cooper]

I tasted my Hefe yeast after bottling this weekend and there is no friggin way I would ever take a drink of that. And it was really bitter from the 1oz Tettnang that went into it.

 

[beersteiner2345]

Oh my God I would wear my mountain biking helmet to the bathroom the first time after I did this.

 

[biochemedic]

Ha hah ah ha hha this is hilarious. Drinking that would seriously hurt me. Yeast gas is the worst smelling, longest lingering, nasty stuff ever.

I remember I once drank a 6-pack of a commercial unfiltered wheat beer...the next day, I actually caused my buddy's SWMBO to have an asthma attack... To be sure, a dubious moment, but to be fair, it was early on in my drinking 'career,' and I think it was a case of a GI system not yet primed and accustomed to drinking live beer....

 

[bwomp313]

well at least you got your fill of vitamin b