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Nutrients & Additives


Beer Nutrients

Description

Yeast Nutrient A nutrient blend from Wyeast, we really like it. Use 1/2 tsp. per five gallons.

1.5 oz. $2.50

Beer Additives

Use additives when you need them, otherwise leave them alone. It usually is not necessary to use ascorbic acid or nutrients when brewing beer, but sometimes it is. Knowing when to use them is the
important thing.

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ASCORBIC ACID Is an anti-oxidant (Vitamin C) which is used to lower the pH of wort and to prevent oxidation. Use ½ tsp. per 5 gal of beer.
1 oz. $3.50
AMYLASE ENZYME Used to supply starch-to-sugar converting enzymes when the grain used hasn’t enough or any enzyme itself.
1 oz. $3.99

BURTON WATER SALTS Contains salts to harden water as well as papain which prevents chill haze.

½ oz. $1.25
CALCIUM CHLORIDE One tsp of calcium chloride per gallon adjusts water hardness by 476 ppm Ca++ion and 421 ppm Cl-.
1 oz. $1.99
GELATIN FININGS Used to settle yeast in beer.
1 oz. $1.99
GYPSUM Food grade gypsum is used to harden brewing water. It also helps increase the acidity of wort for mashing, and helps to settle protein and yeast, resulting in clearer beer. Use 1-5 tsp. in 5 gallons of beer.
2 oz. $1.99
Calcium Chloride Use to lower mash PH, add calcium, and add chloride to your mash.
2 oz. $1.99
HEADING POWDER Use to increase head retention in beer containing little malt and a lot of sugar.
1 oz. (20 gal) $1.00
IRISH MOSS A dried seaweed from England that helps settle excess protein in light beers. Boil in wort.
1 oz. $1.99
Whirfloc Tablets Used as a clarifier for beer. Use 1 tablet per 5-10 gallons.
10 tablets. $1.99
Maltoferm A - 6001 Black Dry Malt Extract. Used for color adjustments.
2.5 oz. $1.99
LACTIC ACID Used to lower the pH of beer so conversion to sugars may take place. 88% solution.
4 oz. $4.99
MALTO DEXTRIN Is a powder form of pure dextrins which are unfermentable and can be used to increase the body of beer. Use 4 to 8 oz. in 5 gallons of beer.
8 oz. $1.99
1 lb $3.50
PHOSPHORIC ACID Used to lower the pH of wort so that starch conversion takes place readily.
8 oz. $4.99
POLYCLAR (PVPP) Used to prevent chill haze in beer which occurs when proteins become insoluble at cold temperatures.
1 oz. $2.99
Foam Control Eliminates head on fermenting beer and foam in the boil kettle. Will setting out before bottling or kegging.
1.5 oz. $5.99
Iodine Reagent Solution Use a couple drops of this solution to test whether starch conversion has completed.
2 oz. $9.99



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