Added yeast nutrient...

[Cory0525]

Did I ruin my beer by adding yeast nutrient when racking it to the secondary? i thought it would help but...its not looking that way. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[eastoak]

it's probably not ruined. once the beer is fermented it no longer needs help, some wackos may even argue you don't need a "secondary"

 

[Mer-man]

A) What is the problem you meant to fix?
B) Did you add the nutrient in a sanitary way? (e.g. boil it in water and handle it in a sanitary manner)

 

[Cory0525]

When i added the yeast nutrient it was in a tube in powder form and i kind of just tossed it in when it was racking... immediately regretted it. But i added it because i thought the potential alcohol was too high and wanted to speed it through a bit..

 

[MaxStout]

It probably won't hurt the beer, but at that stage it's really unnecessary. If you just poured in some straight from the vial, it should be fairly sanitary.

 

[Cory0525]

Thanks, its good to hear something fairly positive. its been almost a week now and i dont see anything wierd like mold etc. it should turn out to be a good Falconers Flight extra IPA