Aside from throwing them on toast, I'm not sure what to do with the 20 or so kit yeast packs I have in the fridge.
So, here are some questions:
1. What do you do with your packets.
2. I've heard that throwing two packets into a brew changes the flavour. Is this true and if so, how does it change the flavour?
3. Can you divvy me up a recipe I can do with the two K97 safwheats I have leftover? I was thinking of doing a basic brew that I can drink each night, so I'm not chowing through my Belgian Strong Ales too much.
Dried yeast packets - what to do with em
Dried yeast packets - what to do with em
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sonictruth
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Be careful doing this. You may denature the proteinsKEG wrote:yeah, that works fine. chuck it in a minute or two before the end of the boil.
See: http://www.homebrewandbeer.com/forum/vi ... 45&start=0
true, but i'd expect the minerals available from the yeast would be more important.. also (i'm no expert on yeast biology), just hypothesising here - the yeast would likely synthesise the proteins it needs to build itself from more simple compounds - i wonder if it even has the ability to use 'ready-made' building blocks from dead yeast also. it might actually be better to denature the proteins, i don't know.
is there any reason it's a bad thing? not trying to argue, honestly interested.
is there any reason it's a bad thing? not trying to argue, honestly interested.
We still have that long-overdue catch up too!pixelboy wrote:Ill take em mate.
I buy a safale yeast for every two kits.. then use the saf yeast for the first and the two kit yeasts together for the other one.
I have an LCPA and a Belgian going, with a Hoegaarden and a Chimay clone to follow so I reckon we should convene after that.
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I think Pale_Ale is right.
I used to double-up on the kit yeast and found it to be a great technique. Certainly contributes to good attenuation.
Bear in mind also that you can buy Coopers yeast from Wylabs (or the other one) and Safbrew from Fermentis themselves and people here shit-can these yeasts when they get it in kits.
I used to double-up on the kit yeast and found it to be a great technique. Certainly contributes to good attenuation.
Bear in mind also that you can buy Coopers yeast from Wylabs (or the other one) and Safbrew from Fermentis themselves and people here shit-can these yeasts when they get it in kits.
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Regarding the denaturing of proteins, I wouldn't have thought that the yeast is able to transport the entire peptide across the lipid bilayer without digesting it first (ie could be in a vesicle, but not get in to the cytosol), I mean after all even we can't do that, at least not without having an active transporter for that specific protein, so denaturing it first wont have much impact.
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sonictruth
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thats what i was gonna say....Regarding the denaturing of proteins, I wouldn't have thought that the yeast is able to transport the entire peptide across the lipid bilayer without digesting it first (ie could be in a vesicle, but not get in to the cytosol), I mean after all even we can't do that, at least not without having an active transporter for that specific protein, so denaturing it first wont have much impact.
Jesus Christ.111222333 wrote:Regarding the denaturing of proteins, I wouldn't have thought that the yeast is able to transport the entire peptide across the lipid bilayer without digesting it first (ie could be in a vesicle, but not get in to the cytosol), I mean after all even we can't do that, at least not without having an active transporter for that specific protein, so denaturing it first wont have much impact.
Well, if you take an asymptotic line and extend it outwards, you'll create a transfusion of the asymptotic line and airborne particles that will, in fact, shift their bipolar structure, thereby creating tension amongst rabbits (of which there are many). We all know what rabbits do to relieve tension, so, with the ensuing rabbit plague, poor nations will become well fed and rich nations will spend all of their money eliminating rabbits with lupile pesticides, which will, in fact, create an army of clone rabbit/human hybrids that will go to war against the suddenly well-fed poor nations, creating a rift in the space time continuim that will destroy the universe (unless Arnie gets to the Church on time).
Just kidding - I really do need to get myself a little more up-to-speed on some of the more scientific elements of brewing. I am impressed.
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I do the same and it works very well.pixelboy wrote:Ill take em mate.
I buy a safale yeast for every two kits.. then use the saf yeast for the first and the two kit yeasts together for the other one.
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