where to buy brewers yeast

Michael · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 11

Where can I buy 'live' brewers yeast for a CO2 incubator? Whole Foods
sells brewers yeast, but it's dead.

thanks

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Richard Sexton · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 210

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Michael wrote:
>Where can I buy 'live' brewers yeast for a CO2 incubator? Whole Foods
>sells brewers yeast, but it's dead.

Any grocery store. Usually with the flour and other stuff for making bread.

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kev · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 3

On 25 Dec 2006, the world was enlightened by Michael's opinion about...

> Where can I buy 'live' brewers yeast for a CO2 incubator? Whole Foods
> sells brewers yeast, but it's dead.
>
> thanks
>

I'd skip the brewers yeast and just use a much cheaper bakers yeast
available at your local market (Krogers, Wal-Mart, etc.). A 4oz jar will
last a long time. Brewers will generate more co2 in total, but it will do
so much more quickly and you'll be mixing a new batch more often.

kev

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Michael · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 11

Thanks !!

p.s. I just thought that Brewers yeast would last longer because of its
higher tolerance to alcohol ...
the batch of bakers yeast I just started is giving off quite a bit of
CO2, so clearly it is working.

kev wrote:
> On 25 Dec 2006, the world was enlightened by Michael's opinion about...
>
>> Where can I buy 'live' brewers yeast for a CO2 incubator? Whole Foods
>> sells brewers yeast, but it's dead.
>>
>> thanks
>>
>
> I'd skip the brewers yeast and just use a much cheaper bakers yeast
> available at your local market (Krogers, Wal-Mart, etc.). A 4oz jar will
> last a long time. Brewers will generate more co2 in total, but it will do
> so much more quickly and you'll be mixing a new batch more often.
>
>
>
> kev
>