Brewers Yeast
Posted: August 6th, 2017, 4:32 am
Yesterday, August 5th, was National Mead Day.
A few weeks ago, I was approached at a farmers market by a local meadery about coming to the meadery and bringing my observation hive and selling honey.
They were giving people tours of the place, and they mentioned that they were just throwing away the old yeast. They said they usually have about 20 gallons of the liquid yeast sludge at the bottom of every 500 gallon batch. I mentioned that beekeepers would use yeast in patties because of the high protein content. They offered to let me have the yeast if I wanted it.
Is this worthwhile? I tried doing some searches but answers were vague. It sounded like I needed to deactivate the yeast by heating it to 120 or 140 degrees. After that it could be used to make pollen patties.
Do you just pour the slurry through cheesecloth to filter out the yeast sludge? Or just cook all the water and alcohol out of it and deactivate it all at once?
Does anyone have any experience with the yeast sludge from the bottom of a brewery tank to make patties?
A few weeks ago, I was approached at a farmers market by a local meadery about coming to the meadery and bringing my observation hive and selling honey.
They were giving people tours of the place, and they mentioned that they were just throwing away the old yeast. They said they usually have about 20 gallons of the liquid yeast sludge at the bottom of every 500 gallon batch. I mentioned that beekeepers would use yeast in patties because of the high protein content. They offered to let me have the yeast if I wanted it.
Is this worthwhile? I tried doing some searches but answers were vague. It sounded like I needed to deactivate the yeast by heating it to 120 or 140 degrees. After that it could be used to make pollen patties.
Do you just pour the slurry through cheesecloth to filter out the yeast sludge? Or just cook all the water and alcohol out of it and deactivate it all at once?
Does anyone have any experience with the yeast sludge from the bottom of a brewery tank to make patties?