Yeast washing with Chlorine Dioxide

[fakr]

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/

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.

[Richard]

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

[fakr]

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/