Craft Beer & Brewing Course
Care & Feeding of Yeast
Growing and maintaining a yeast colony, feeding yeast between brews, planning brew days to maximize yeast health.
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Care and Feeding of Yeast will teach you everything you need to know about brewer's yeast. From sanitation and inoculation to propagation and fermentation, this course has everything you need to build a healthy population of yeast and make the best beer possible.
Course contents
7 chapters, 42 lessons, 22m of video
Chapter 1
Welcome!
- Welcome
- Meet the Instructors1:01
- What You Need
Chapter 2
Yeast Biology
- Biology of Yeast
- What is yeast?
- Reproduction
- Lag Phase
- Growth Phase
- Stationary Phase
Chapter 3
Sanitation
- Sanitation
- Sanitation is Everything
- Sanitizing with Chemicals
- Sanitizing with Heat
- Pro Perspective: Sanitation1:45
Chapter 4
Yeast Propagation
- Propagation
- What is Yeast Propagation?
- Pro Perspective: Propagating Yeast1:26
- What is a Yeast Starter?
- Yeast Starter Basics
- Aeration and Agitation
- Stir Plates
- Monitoring the Starter
- Pro perspective: When to pitch a yeast starter2:08
- Using the Starter
Chapter 5
Pitch Rates
- Pro Perspective: Not All Beers Are Created Equal6:11
- Pitch Rates
- What is a Pitch Rate?
- Factors affecting pitch rates
- Estimating Pitch Rates
- An Example
- Pro Perspective: Yeast Viability & Health2:35
Chapter 6
Harvesting and Reusing Yeast
- Harvesting & Reusing
- Harvesting yeast
- Pro perspective: Yeast harvesting3:25
- Top cropping
- Bottom cropping
- Yeast washing
- Re-Pitching Yeast2:17
- Reusing yeast
- Storing yeast
- But wait, there's more!1:13
Chapter 7
Conclusion
- Thank You!
What students say
5.0 from 3 reviews
This is an excellent course for those who would like to reuse their yeast and save some money. This course covers yeast washing and storage techniques to grow and add to a new batch of beer.
Jason and Tony help explain why yeast is really the main character in the movie that is beer. Thanks guys. Food for thought!
Great course, with both presenters having an excellent grasp of the subject and they delivered in a great jovial manner which i enjoyed. Videos detailing the stages were excellent and informative