A funny read on reusing yeast without washing

[Jimmy]

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http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f163/reusin ... ng-312549/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Jimmy]

The 2 most important things from the thread:

http://thebrewingnetwork.com/shows/470

at 1:58 hour mark:

Chris White: I don't like to do a lot to it actually, you might think i talk about a lot of manipulation with that yeast cake. I like getting the beer off, swirling the fermenter, and you gotta swirl those fermenters pretty hard sometimes to get the yeast off, because they're sticking at the bottom. and if you just pour it off and you leave the good sticky stuff behind, you're leaving a lot of yeast behind. so you really gotta mix it up and get it swirling, and collect it into a sanitized container, and put that sanitized container into the fridge. (he then talks about venting while its in the fridge, various fart jokes from the show) I don't like washing it, I don't like manipulating it. Those aren't bad things to do, and if you're doing those things that's ok, or feeding it with more sugar, but you just have more of a risk of contamination every time you mess with it.
Doc: Are you saying maybe that's just going overboard and doing more than you have to do?
Chris White: Right, there's a benefit to it to the yeast, so there's a reason why it can be a good thing, but the disadvantages are just too high.

Jamil Zainesheff from Brew Strong, 3-23-2009:
http://thebrewingnetwork.com/shows/492" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Jamil: The best way to do this, is, get yourself, uh, I prefer a sterile container, so what i use is this naglene type (and then he rambles on about sizes and plastic types for bottles and sterilizing in a pressure cooker)... when i rack my beer out of my carboy or bucket or whatever it might be, i'll swirl the carboy around, break up the yeast cake on the bottom, i leave like a half inch of beer in there. Swirl it real good, break everything up, and then i will flame the opening on the carboy. And then i pour that into the sterile container, and then i put it in the fridge, and that's all i do with it.