Hey everyone, I've been reading this forum for about a month now and they have been a big help to me for me to figure out things that I wouldn't have thought of or hadn't heard previously. I've brewed two batches, having started in August with an Extract IPA kit from Best Beer. I really had no idea what I was doing and just followed the directions that came with the kit. It turned out tasting great and I was hooked.
This past Saturday I brewed another extract kit, the Karl's 90 Shilling from Northern Brewer. I did it pretty much the same way as I had the IPA, following the directions and improving on some of the functions for ease and time, based on what I had found out in the first go-round. It was an easy, event free brew and there was activity in the airlock when I got up first thing Sunday morning.
I used the safale dry yeast that came in the kit, and pitched it straight into the wort.
I've been seeing stuff over the past few days about how a yeast starter is good for all beers, but essential in beers with a SG of over 1.05. This 90 Shilling was 1.065.
Should I have done a yeast starter? Will it affect my beer if I didn't?
This past Saturday I brewed another extract kit, the Karl's 90 Shilling from Northern Brewer. I did it pretty much the same way as I had the IPA, following the directions and improving on some of the functions for ease and time, based on what I had found out in the first go-round. It was an easy, event free brew and there was activity in the airlock when I got up first thing Sunday morning.
I used the safale dry yeast that came in the kit, and pitched it straight into the wort.
I've been seeing stuff over the past few days about how a yeast starter is good for all beers, but essential in beers with a SG of over 1.05. This 90 Shilling was 1.065.
Should I have done a yeast starter? Will it affect my beer if I didn't?