Topic: yeast

Yeast Stress

A hearty welcome to Chris Powell on FOY! The description of his earlier work reminds me of a question regarding yeast stress. Chris, I've briefly studied the literature on yeast stress re sponse...

Yeast Starter

Thanks again to those responsible for this valuable contribution to "craft brewing" knowledge. My question might have obvious answers for some readers but here goes anyway. When making a...

Yeast Pitch

I am planning on brewing a barley wine as soon as the weather cools off enough so I can maintain a fermentation temp of 65-70 deg. F. It will have an OG of approximately 1.110. I have purchased 3...

Yeast Nutrient or Energizer

I read on rec.crafts.brewing that "diammonia phosphate and urea" is a yeast nutrient, and the post also mentioned a "yeast energizer", speculating that it might just be vitamins....

Yeast Mutations

I have read repeatedly that yeast will mutate after several reuses in the homebrew environment. If the yeast mutate at this high of a rate, how do breweries maintain consistent yeast characteristics...

Yeast Multiplication

I've read somewhere (but cannot find it anymore) that yeast will multiply until they reach a certain density (cells/ml) or exhaust their supply of sterols, whichever comes first. But, then I...

Yeast Growth

First, thank you so much for giving us some of your time. My question concerns yeast growth as it relates to flavors in beer. I have read several articles mentioning that yeast growth is important to...

Yeast Genetics and Flavor

If this is a naive question please forgive, but what is unique about the different strains of yeast that would allow them to create/impart different flavors? Is it something with the biological make-...

Yeast Computer Simulations

Dr. Fischborn and Dr.Waldrop, thank you very much for hosting another fortnight of yeast! This is like Xmas for us. First I'm sorry to post so "long" and not very distinct questions...

Yeast Adaptation

Like everyone else, I really do appreciate your help and understanding and I hope my questions won't be too silly for you. We're told yeast will adapt to the medium, at least for scale. But...

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