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[bunnie1978]

Oh, and by the way.. I let onesit for a while once on another tank which I was tearing down. The 2L actually continued to produce a fair amount of CO2 for more than 2 months.

[ree123]

OK Dave, I think I understand most of this, but I have come up with another question.......... How does one harvest the remaining live yeast from a bottle of sugar/yeast water to feed/seed the next batch ? And, with and/or without the use of the gellatin ?
Details man.......I have never done this before. Thanks

[ree123]

Bump---Hoping Dave will see and return info.. :-)

[bunnie1978]

Rick,
I've never bothered trying to save the yeast. I mean, it's Yeast! Too much trouble for DIY.

[ree123]

Hey Bunnie. Dave recommended me buying the wine type yeast and it is about a buck per envelope, which will make about 2-2 liter containers per envelope. Seeing that I will have to re-make these containers every few weeks, it seems this stuff could get costly compared to the regular yeast one could buy at Kroger. What is your opinion of this Lelvin K1V-1116 yeast ? Is it worth the expense for me to go buying multiple packs on e-bay, or should I just buy the Fleishman brand @ Kroger and be done with it ? The kind @ Kroger is MUCH cheaper.
I have read that this wine yeast is reusable, but am unsure exactly how the procedure works if I follow through with it.

[ree123]

Bump---Hoping for more info. from Dave and/or Bunnie and anyone else too !

[bunnie1978]

I guess it's up to you. I never saw a need to do anything more than just the regular recipe. I've never tried anything else. I had DIY going for about 3 months, then got pressurized. It was a good trial.

[daveoftn]

Sorry it's taken so long to respond. I got laid off last week, so I've been kinda busy trying to find a new job, etc.

It's completely up to you as far as which route you go. If you wanna go cheap, then just do sugar/water/store yeast. If you wanna go a little more fancy, then go with the recipe I told you.

If you just use sugar/water, you don't want to recycle. If you go with the protein powder/wine yeast, then to recycle, you just dump out the liquid, maybe half of the solid on the bottom every other refill, redo the recipe (except for the yeast) and that's it. Since it is super yeast, the chances are that quite a bit in the sludge in the bottom is still alive. Very simple.

Bunnie is right that you can just use sugar/water/store yeast and it will work fine. However, most people have longer lasting more constant/stable mixes when they use the protein power/wine yeast. It just makes sense: protein powder so the yeast has healthier cell walls to withstand the alcohol, and wine yeast that has been genetically engineered to withstand the alcohol as well. It's not really that expensive either. Forget buying the 10-pack, you don't need it. Just buy the $3 one I posted. Protein powder, just buy the cheapest stuff you can find, it can even be expired stuff that your next door neighbor no longer uses because he has switched to roids (although I can't recall if you need whey or soy, I think the recipe link specifies).

Hope this helps!

[bunnie1978]

I'm sorry about your job!! You are one year behind me. Good news is, Unemployment lasts almost forever, I think.