bt1 wrote:Howdy,
Also make sure it has sufficient time in hydration and growth yeast phases early on. Unless the yeast hits a shortage of a key requirement...usually when it turns anaerobic due to depletion of O2 it will propagate to the max concentration the conditions allow. Over using yeast does not compensate for this.
Overpitching will compensate to a degree if it is not a "perfect" environment as that way you are willing to accept that some of the yeast cells are going to die, but there will still be enough to get the job done.
TPW is a cheap, easy way to make a nice nuetrel without overcomplicating it.
If you want to have a perfect enironment to pitch yeast then get the PH right and use DAP. In that case you would probably want to use a specialist yeast anyway ;-)