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

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Denis

Yeast nutrient can be considered two ways. It is vitamins for the yeast or
as fertilizer.

Ray
"Denis Marier" wrote in message
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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

--
Denis

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

"Denis Marier" wrote in message
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| 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
|
| --
| Denis
|
|
|

"Stephen SG" wrote in message ...
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.


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

I really do not know but why bother, nutrient is cheap.

Ray

"Saul_Sabia" wrote in message
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"Stephen SG" wrote in message
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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.


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

The raison is I thing the wine kit store sold me something that is not yeast
nutrient. The purchased nutrient did slow the fermentation and I do not
know why! The store keeper could have package any type of white power and
sold it as yeast nutrient?
I a result I am not buying any more thing from that store until this issue
is cleared up.
"Ray" wrote in message
m...
I really do not know but why bother, nutrient is cheap.

Ray

"Saul_Sabia" wrote in message
om...
"Stephen SG" wrote in message
...
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.


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

"Ray" wrote in message om...

I really do not know but why bother, nutrient is cheap.

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