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Mike_n_dax · **Posted:** Fri Mar 09, 2012 7:37 am

Well besides the very slow start on my mead, I've always had good results with the nutrient into my starters only. but it is good to hear what others are doing.

Thanks for the ideas. This does help when thinking about how to do things.

snowcapt · **Posted:** Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:42 am

Millhaus wrote:

I throw it in at the 15 minute to go mark along with the yeast nutrient and gotten really clear beers.

i do the same thing, with the same result. :jnj

Mike_n_dax · **Posted:** Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:24 am

snowcapt wrote:

Millhaus wrote:

I throw it in at the 15 minute to go mark along with the yeast nutrient and gotten really clear beers.

i do the same thing, with the same result. :jnj

How much nutrient are you guys adding to your boil?

scotchpine · **Posted:** Fri Mar 09, 2012 2:17 pm

I use Wyeast, and it's 1/2 tsp per 5 gal @ 15 min. Or bet 15 and 10 min in my case, it goes in with the whirlfloc tab.

Mike_n_dax · **Posted:** Fri Mar 09, 2012 7:58 pm

scotchpine wrote:

I use Wyeast, and it's 1/2 tsp per 5 gal @ 15 min. Or bet 15 and 10 min in my case, it goes in with the whirlfloc tab.

Thanks!

Afterlab · **Posted:** Sun Mar 11, 2012 6:03 am

Yeast Nutrient: .25tsp in the starter, .25tsp in last 15 minutes of the boil

Whirfloc: .5 of a tablet in the last 15 minutes for a 5 gallon batch. Anymore and you are using more than you need to. This is one of those ingredients where adding more is too much and could possibly be detrimental to your batch. For proof of this listen to the 1st Shakespeare Stout CYBI where JP used too much Whirlfloc and had to scrap gelatinized wort pancakes off the floor at the end of his brew day.

Cody · **Posted:** Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:33 am

Afterlab wrote:

Whirfloc: .5 of a tablet in the last 15 minutes for a 5 gallon batch. Anymore and you are using more than you need to. This is one of those ingredients where adding more is too much and could possibly be detrimental to your batch. For proof of this listen to the 1st Shakespeare Stout CYBI where JP used too much Whirlfloc and had to scrap gelatinized wort pancakes off the floor at the end of his brew day.

Ha ha ha, I totally did this with Irish Moss my first time. I poured the whole packet into the kettle, instead of measuring out 1/2 tsp. By the time the 4 gallons was cooled down to pitching temp it was a thick slimy mass of worty, syrup-like sludge...that I poured straight into my fermenter and drank 6 weeks later.

Mike_n_dax · **Posted:** Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:42 am

Cody wrote:

Afterlab wrote:

Whirfloc: .5 of a tablet in the last 15 minutes for a 5 gallon batch. Anymore and you are using more than you need to. This is one of those ingredients where adding more is too much and could possibly be detrimental to your batch. For proof of this listen to the 1st Shakespeare Stout CYBI where JP used too much Whirlfloc and had to scrap gelatinized wort pancakes off the floor at the end of his brew day.

Ha ha ha, I totally did this with Irish Moss my first time. I poured the whole packet into the kettle, instead of measuring out 1/2 tsp. By the time the 4 gallons was cooled down to pitching temp it was a thick slimy mass of worty, syrup-like sludge...that I poured straight into my fermenter and drank 6 weeks later.

LOL! was it any good?

Whirlfloc tablets

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