Yeast Nutrient Question

[leopants]

hey folks...

i put by standard brew down a couple of days ago:

1 x tin coopers pale ale
750gms DLME
250gms dextrose
approx. 40gms hop pellets, rolling boil 3mins, strained
sachet of standard coopers yeast

I also added I couple of grams of YEAST NUTRIENT which I bought to make cider but never used.

what effect will this have on my brew do you reckon?



cheers for you input.


Leo

 

[OzBeer_MD]

what effect will this have on my brew do you reckon?

I would not have thought there would be any noticeable effect. Did the fermentation get off to a good Start?

 

[leopants]

I would not have thought there would be any noticeable effect. Did the fermentation get off to a good Start?

yeah she bubbled away nicely for about 3 days... now just a blip every hour or so.

is yeast nutrient 'food' for the yeast ? is there a risk that it we eat that instead of fementing the sugars or something?

 

[j1gsaw]

If any yeast comes into contact with boiling wort it will kill it on impact, (at least thats what i always figured)
I kept all my old kit yeasts and use them for nutrients with my AG brews.

 

[BjornJ]

My understanding is that the yeast nutrients contains stuff the yeast uses to grow and prosper "faster and better", like zink and what-not.

I believe using yeast nutrients can make the fermentation take off sooner (reduced lag time) and ferment faster but I don't know if it will go any lower in FG.
Read about someone saying that with lots of yeast nutrients they could fully ferment out mead in a week, something that would normally take months.

Palmer on nutrients: http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter6-9-1.html


thanks
Bjorn

 

[Pete2501]

Nutrients are a factor to consider. Yeast health is another one and well oxygenated wort before fermentation plays a role because the yeasties need oxygen to power through the sugars.

 

[wynnum1]

Yeast multiply in oxygen wort

 

[leopants]

thanks guys , yes this brew certainly got off to a quick start.
I added the yeast and nutrients at about 10pm and by 6:30am when I got up she bubbling pretty furiously . also the whole ferment seem to be over quicker than usual, although in part at least I'm putting that down to the warm conditions .


cheers for your input\

leo