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Brewers Yeast at Shoppers Drugmart

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JesseM
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Brewers Yeast at Shoppers Drugmart

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I was at Shoppers yesterday looking at the vitamin section, and they sell these tablets called 'Brewers Yeast' for 7.99 a bottle. It claimed to be Saccharomyces cerevisia, and my question is, could it be used for homebrewing?

I'm mainly just curious as I haven't got into homebrewing yet. Is 7.99 a good price? Looked like there was a lot of tablets in the bottle.
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Post by cannondale »

JesseM wrote:I was at Shoppers yesterday looking at the vitamin section, and they sell these tablets called 'Brewers Yeast' for 7.99 a bottle. It claimed to be Saccharomyces cerevisia, and my question is, could it be used for homebrewing?

I'm mainly just curious as I haven't got into homebrewing yet. Is 7.99 a good price? Looked like there was a lot of tablets in the bottle.
Nutritional yeasts are deactivated. AKA He's dead, Jim. So they are of no use in brewing.
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Post by matt7215 »

You can get a yeast strain of your choosing for around that price and keep it viable pretty easily.

Id put this in the "hops from Walmart garden centre" catagory
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Post by JesseM »

Ah, I see. Thanks for he info guys. I guess I'll forget about them when I get into homebrewing.
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Post by Tapsucker »

Walmart has the best hops!
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Post by JeffPorter »

Why in the hell would shoppers be selling brewer's yeast tablets...will drugstores put anything in tablet form
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Post by iguenard »

Apparently my wife told me they are good for pregnant women. Like hops is good for menstrual pains, anxiety, insomnia... I can attest to the hops since I still do the odd Bodum infusion to combat insomnia and it works wonders... But yeast... Yeah some people love natural medicines.

Edit: fresh whole hops... Not pellets :-)
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Post by JerCraigs »

Yeas is pretty good for you. I think its B12 that its high in?

For the record, this also means all you Brits and Aussies have ZERO reason to continue inflicting Marmite and Vegemite on the rest of the world. :wink:
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