Yeast and Yeast Nutrient

[permo]

Just a little story about how much it appears that yeast like yeast nutrient. I had a starter of cultered chimay yeast that was humming along nicely, nothign fierce, but yeast in suspension and things proceeding as usual. I was out of yeast nutrient when I initially made and stepped up this starter.

My shipment of nutrient came in yday, so I took two tsp and boiled it in about 4 oz water, cooled it, shook the crap out of it and added it to the starter.

This morning I had starter krausen bubbling out of the top of jug.......

It turns out, yeast nutrient makes yeast happy.

 

[chowser]

Guess that's why they call it that! Never used it personally, may have to look into it. Thanks!

 

[just2brew]

Just tried nutrient early this week in a starter. I would have to agree, it made the yeast more responsive.

 

[turnaround89]

i did a starter of Wyeast belgian witbier with extra light dme and the krausen almost came out the top of the 2000mL EF, i was shocked and watched the flask regularly so i didn't have a mess to clean up