terrencepickles
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Title says it. Getting ready to brew some high gravity beers and have some of this on hand. I would like to know if I can add this to help the yeast make it all the way through.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
Anyone use DAP as a yeast nutrient?
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You can use it but making a large starter or pitching your wort on fresh yeast cake would be better. DAP will not guaranty a healthy start. DAP is for stalled fermentations or wines with little nutrients.
Google; Mr Malty for a pitching calculator.
Google; Mr Malty for a pitching calculator.
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I agree with Schlenkerla.
It won't hurt anything, but it won't substitute for proper pitching rates.
It won't hurt anything, but it won't substitute for proper pitching rates.
If you’re thinking about brewing 1.090+ beers, definitely do a little reading first. I just finished up “Radical Brewing” and there was a great section on brewing big beers. The advice that I’ve taken in so far is: use plenty of yeast (mrmalty from above), spend time adding oxygen to your wort, and substituting 10%-20% of good sugar in place of DME can help the beer finish.
Shuf, I know this is a old thread but I had a problem with stuck fermentation and was doing some research, what do you mean by good sugars?
