I do not know what is yeast nutrient. All I know is I added it to the primary must and the specific gravity has not gone down much. Could it be that the store keeper packaged the wrong ingredient? Any comments would be appreciated.
TIA
Yeast nutrient can be considered two ways. It is vitamins for the yeast or as fertilizer.
YEAST NUTRIENT
A mixture of various nutrients, minerals, and dead yeast ("yeast hulls" or "yeast ghosts") which provide the materials necessary for yeast to reproduce and ferment vigorously. Nutrients are helpful in almost any batch of beer or wine, and required in low-nutrient broths like mead.
Stephen SG
could you freeze yeast (say bread yeast) to kill it, and use that instead? maybe mix with a vitamin b complex, add a little garlic, ginger, and vitamin c...
Saul Sabia saul_sabia@yaho[o].com
I really do not know but why bother, nutrient is cheap.
Ray
yeah, i guess so.
just me and my overactive mind working away at stuff...
what about if you pitch a yeast in water with a little nutrient, let it sit overnight, then throw that into the wash as you're in the last stages of boiling and adding sugar?
ah, i suppose it doesn't matter. nutrient is just too cheap. =)
Saul Sabia saul_sabia@yaho[o].com
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