cmiller356
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I know it is possible to re-use yeast cakes, and to wash yeast. But my question is how do I start a yeast culture? Is it cheaper to go that route?
Yeast culture
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Wine yeast where I live is between 59 cents and $1 per pack, so it's not worth it for me.
The other issue with wine yeast is that typically wines are 12+% ABV, and that creates far more stressed yeast than with something like a lower ABV beer. I would never reuse any yeast that was used in an over-8%-or-so (or maybe even 7%) fermentation.
I know a couple of really tough ferments, like Skeeter Pee, do reuse yeast but that doesn't mean it's a good practice for most fermentations.
