MichaelEssary
New Member
I have a Mr. Beer kit and it comes with the 2gm packets of yeast. I went to the brewstore and bought a 5gm packet of yeast to use instead. What will be the outcome if I use too much of the yeast in the brew?
Nothing. The yeast will eat the sugars available and then fall to the bottom. I've heard that sometimes Mr. Beer beers can have a yeasty taste, but that's not from too much yeast- that's from bottling too soon.
Adding more yeast than the recipe calls for won't harm it.
What will be the outcome if I use too much of the yeast in the brew?
Perhaps a cleaner and faster ferment than has ever been experienced in a Mr. Beer.
Congrats.
5 grams? I use 23 grams and that's a barely optimum pitching rate for 5 gallons. I wouldn't worry about over pitching unless you're talking cups of yeast not grams.
A Mr. Beer fermenter is 2.5 gallons or so.
He didn't overpitch, but I'm surprised you use 23 grams in 5 gallons. I've never used more than a 10 gram package of Nottingham, and I don't underpitch. In fact, I just took a glance at Mr. Malty's pitching calculator, and for an 1.048 wort, he says I should pitch .8 of a package (10 gram). I wouldn't pitch .8, I'd pitch the whole thing of course, so I'd be ever so slightly overpitching. With 23 grams, you're overpitching. Unless you're making a big, big beer, there isn't any reason to add over two packages of yeast.
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