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[-] psud@aussie.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

Also homebrewer here, you're correct, that yeast can be reused several times, limited by the yeast mutating away from what you want, though many brewing yeasts have been reused for centuries

The yeast is only half done with its intended activity too. What it tries to do:

  • Digest sugar into poisonous ethanol (which we quite like)
  • Wait, trusting the ethanol to keep everything else out
  • Digest the ethanol to acetic acid (vinegar)

Wine vinegar is grape juice done to brewers yeast's plan

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