Beer Yeast Top Crop Harvesting Easy Guide

Within this video I go through how to top crop harvest yeast for the best results and address frequently asked questions also. I hope this proves useful to the community.

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Introduction music:- Drink Beer (Till The Day That I Die) by Dazie Mae

[markthrower]

David it's because of your videos and efforts I don't have to buy yeast everytime I brew. I have a collection of 5 or 6 that allows me to brew what ever I want.

[pv]

Hello David from Northern California. Thank you for this and all your videos. You are a treasure in the home brew community. Question, you mention you are using mainly Kviek yeast these days. Are you brewing different styles of beer or are you using it for specific types of beer? All the best!

[anthonymurphy]

Excellent. I'll be doing exactly this tonight with my Omega Conan yeast. Thanks for the clear, no fuss videos as per usual. The best on YouTube 👌🏻

[mikemotta]

Thanks for the valuable information. Yeast management is the last piece of the puzzle for me. I have never reused yeast before but want to start doing that. this will definitely help.

[alidavemason]

Good job I found this video. I was going to attempt my 1st yeast harvest from the bottom of my current brew straight after bottling (using the dead yeast dur!).
Thanks David, Keep up the good work. Your videos are excellent & very clear to understand (step by step & not full of waffle)

[nikdriessens]

Another great video David, keep up the good work. Forever in your dept for your valluable information. Thanks

[markbarber]

I find any muck from the fermenter works great. I just made a batch with 3mth old k97 pulled off the conical during kegging and put in the fridge. Within 6hrs the new batch was going bonkers bubbleling ! I mainly use s23 and k97 5yrs on both keep on giving

[jakobfredriksson]

Wow. As always, this channel is a goldmine for inspiration and knowledge! At the moment Im listening to my first ever Kveik fermentation going mental. After 24 h it has - by itself - turned the heat up from 30 to almost 37 and still going strong, lol?

This video has given me courage to actually harvesting yeast for the first time.

[AstroHAM]

Done this procedure with Kveik for a while now and I'm liking it.
Fermenting with some underpitched yeast allmost starts fermenting in 3 hours.

[Dts]

Great information David and very clear to understand👍👍👍👍

[smaster]

Thanks for the guide! I’ve done this once and have loved the ease of capture compared to bottom harvesting.
I wanted to ask if it is possible that you do not capture any yeast when skimming off the top of krausen? How is it possible to know if u are capturing yeast or just foam from the wort created from respiring yeast?

[kenfowler]

David, that was brilliant! Here I was thinking I needed special gear and several degrees and instead you delivered a quick easy to follow method with no wankfest, no special gear no nothing! Mind you I think my British yeasts are bottom feeders!
Thanks mate!

[MrDavidTiller]

Thanks for this video! I will be saving my yeasts from now on.

[NoelSufrin]

Really informative stuff! Definitely going to give this a try... and to start recycling more small glass jars!

[mothox]

Genius, You really push the envelope and helped. Cheers David 🍻

[sebastianmaestri]

Hi David, I've jest seen this video and it is simply awesome. I have a question: I've collected some Verdant IPA yeast and it is very thick (not simply foam). Do you think that I should add some distilled/boiled water anyway? Thanks!

[timothy]

Hi David. Thanks for this video; very professionally produced, clear, useful and fun to watch as always. I read on the Farmhouse Yeast Registry yesterday that some Kveik such as Sigmund Gjernes and a fair few others should be bottom harvested? Why so?

[philcurtis]

Great video and very useful as always David. You’ve taught me just about everything I know about brewing!
. I’m starting to get into this now but is there a way to measure how much to use when it’s brew time again. Factors will presumably be volume and OG? I can see how under measuring will negatively impact our juice but would over pitching? Thanks again David

[marcarch]

Super useful video David. Your videos are pure gold. Thank you very much. I want to make an english barley wine, any pointers to a good recipe? I saw your old video about it, but I want a more high gravity one. Please, help needed.
Cheers

[moonmoon]

Thanks for this awesome and helpful video again!
In the beginning you said that some American yeasts can only safely used to up to the 5th generation. You meant reuses, right? I think yeast could reach 5 generations in just 1 batch of beer.