Re: warm yeast

• To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
• Subject: Re: warm yeast
• From: olga at arts_ubc.ca
• Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 11:56:29 -0700

G. Tong wrote:
>
>Warmer water in the yeast bottle will make the yeast reproduce more quickly
>and produce more CO2. The yeast will also not live as long when it's warm
>because its metabolism has speeded up.

Now I'm getting confused. :(  We've been discussing keeping the yeast
warmer but if what Greg says is true wouldn't it be better if it remains
room temperature? How significant is the difference in life span -- a week,
a couple of days?

Olga

supposed to rain on the weekend -- oh well (sigh)

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