blkandrust
Well-Known Member
I am preparing to brew a loose cannon clone.OG will be 1.075.I will be using US-05.Will one packet be enough,or should I use 2? T.I.A.
So, if you plug in the numbers, you'll get 750,000 x 20,820 x 18 = 281,070,000,000 or ~ 281b cells, meaning one pack will be 74b short (about 25% less than recommended). Can you get away with that? Probably, but make sure you aerate well, and I'd use yeast nutrient if you have it. If you don't properly rehydrate your yeast, only about 50% of them will be viable, in which case you'd be seriously underpitching.
When I started brewing, I only used liquid yeast. Now I almost only use dry yeast. I've only really had good luck with the Fermentis brand dry yeast, so that's all I'll use. Dry is cheaper, you get twice as much yeast vs a smack pack or vial, and it mails really well. I live in the boonies and do almost all my homebrew shopping online now.
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