Washing/Rinsing Yeast – How to Harvest and Reuse Brewing Yeast

This week I take a look at how you can harvest and reuse brewing yeast from one batch to pitch it in a new batch of beer. Reusing yeast is one of the oldest brewing techniques, as civilizations started culturing and reusing yeast for bread, beer, and wine thousands of years ago. Homebrewers have a long history of reusing yeast as well since many of us are frugal and enjoy tinkering. Washing vs Rinsing Yeast Though the two terms are often used interchangeably, washing and rinsing yeast are techni