YEAST NUTRIENT: What even is it?! [Home Brewing Basics]

One home brewing basic you can easily add to your repertoire is knowing how to use yeast nutrients for fermentation. Which ones do you use? And when do you add them to your home brews? This guide to yeast nutrients will go over everything you need to know to get started!

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0:00 Intro
0:35 Why Nutrient?
2:32 Starter Nutrient
2:56 Ferm Nutrient
4:07 Yeast Energizer
4:28 Which to use?
5:13 When to add?
6:24 Give it a try!

[TheBruSho]

Do you use em? Which ones do you use and what’s your strategy?

[slaprakshas]

An inexpensive alternative mix: Recipe Size - 5 gallon

1. 2x Vitamin B Complex Tabs. Crushed
2. 1 TBS of boiled and cooled bakers Yeast in water (yes boil the yeast for 3 minutes)
3. 1/4 cup of boiled black raisins
4. 1 Tea Spoon Epsom salt(MgSO4)

Tip: For the boiled ingredients I just toss them into wort at 15 minutes. No need to separately boil them.

[melpomenean]

Something worth noting is that yeast can't metabolize DAP if the ABV is at 9%, which for beer will probably not be as common of an issue, but for wine and mead can def be something to remember if the fermentation is stuck

[HOMEBREWLIFE]

Really great video braj. My brain is like a ps2 memory card (i only have so much storage). I forgot about all this stuff, so thank you for updating me. Cheers!

[rachelmalin]

Another awesome & super informative video!

[TheApartmentBrewer]

Great topic that doesn't get discussed too much. Thanks for this video!! I've always just gone with the typical Fermax (basically Fermaid K) at the end of the boil.

[RadoGG]

I'm still new to beer making. The other day I brewed my 3rd batch so far, which will be Munich dunkel. This time I decided to put some DAP before pitching the yeast, and I was a little surprised that fermentation started in like 3-4 hours at 15°C 😀

[TroubleBrewing]

This video was really spot on, great overview. I use Wyeast nutrient. Also your right staggered is the best but im also WAYY to lazy for that. I made some mead which I staggered for but that's because (like you said) meads/wines need that extra help. Cheers! Also fun fact, Oxygen is also a yeast nutrient! Most people dont think of it that way though lol.

[ElementaryBrewingCo]

I use all of those at different times. Yeast nutrient for beer during the boil and DAP and Fermaid O for ciders and such. Great info Trent!

[petyaur]

Kveik can benefit from it, too. Twice as much, half of it when you pitch yeast, other half somewhere between 24-48th hour, depending on temperature.

[alvaradobrewhouse]

Great breakdown Trent. This was like yeast nutrient for dummies and man, I needed this. Typically I just use a std yeast nutrient but I plan to start using DAP and Fermaid-O. Appreciate the knowledge drop....

[tomknight]

Nice breakdown! I'm a go-ferm/fermaid-o fan in most non-beer ferments, wyyeast beer nutrient in almost all my beers, with some DAP always on hand for where appropriate, in practice mainly seltzers. Not that every ferment has acted exactly as I expected it to by any means, but so far never a stuck fermentation, significant sulfur or other poor yeast health issues. Buying it is cheap especially in bulk and it's just good insurance!

[bradcraddick]

As a beginner who started into home brewing through you, Trey. I have done one brew without yeast nutrients and it was a complete failure on my hard kombucha. But after the package came in for DAP and fermaid o, I’ve never looked back. Thanks.
Would like to see what you use for cider clarity and maybe even dry mead mixes.

[CarlPapa]

As I'm ~20min from getting my DAP out of the fridge to add into my 1st starter. Thanks for the info.

[jcinsaniac]

Just use DAP, but need to up my game with fermaid o as my go to styles of beer are 1.050 and up. Like you said - these are cheap insurance. Great info!

[Beerjunkieguy]

Nice breakdown. I use Yeast Nutrient and a good dose of oxygen and rarely run into any fermentation problems.

[eliasplattner]

Just found this channel im also brewing beer at home ur channel looks very interesting i will check it out!

[TheShacksDevon]

I do use nutrient but watching your video I would say that I don’t use enough. Another useful video, thanks.

[seanhardesty]

I always add some DAP at the end of the boil to help the yeastie boys off to a quick start. There is Fermaid O in the house, but I always forget I have it.

[PartyTimeBrewing]

I've been wanting to get a bunch of fermaid-o. All I can seem to get my hand on is DAP. If only there was a place online to buy them... ok, I've just been lazy, but I want to get some of the good shizz for the adjunct heavy brews. Cheers!