Nick JD
Blah Blah Blah
- Joined
- 4/11/08
- Messages
- 7,322
- Reaction score
- 456
Yeast isnt soluble in water, it doesn't disolve. It is suspended in the water and since heavier will increase the density of the solution.
Cheers
Jason
Of course yeast doesn't dissolve. Where did I say that?
Oh and please prove to me that yeast is denser than wort. The trick here might involve your use of the word, "suspended". Had you have used the word, "sunk" or "float" I might not ask this. At most I would guess yeast has roughly the same density of a fresh wort and is probably why it settles out during the end of fermentation.
Which begs another question: what is the biomass of yeast during fermentation? What is the ratio of wort to yeast?
What is a human's specific gravity (I'm not talking about fat people - we all know they float!) who has just drank five liters of beer?