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Brewing => Technique => Topic started by: fakr on January 10, 2013, 04:39:26 PM

Title: Yeast washing with Chlorine Dioxide
Post by: fakr on January 10, 2013, 04:39:26 PM

I found a very interesting article on washing yeast slurries with Chlorine Dioxide as opposed to the typical phosphoric acid.

http://www.birkocorp.com/brewery/white- ... e-dioxide/ (http://www.birkocorp.com/brewery/white-papers/coming-clean-a-new-method-of-washing-yeast-with-chlorine-dioxide/)

Seems to do as good a job as acid, but retains most of the yeast's viability, unlike the acid wash.

Good read.  I'd be interested to hear what Thomas has to say.

Title: Re: Yeast washing with Chlorine Dioxide
Post by: Richard on January 10, 2013, 04:59:19 PM

Interesting - I've not come across washing with anything other than water before.

Title: Re: Yeast washing with Chlorine Dioxide
Post by: fakr on January 10, 2013, 07:43:58 PM

Here's another article on the site about using Chlorine Dioxide for post rinse sanitizing too.

http://www.birkocorp.com/brewery/white- ... its-a-gas/ (http://www.birkocorp.com/brewery/white-papers/post-rinse-sanitizing-with-chlorine-dioxide-its-a-gas/)