signmastr said:Put 2 cups boiled, room temperature water in a quart zip-loc bag. Add the yeast. Seal the bag removing as much air as possible. Let it sit for 10 minutes. Squish the bag until well mixed. Pitch after 30 minutes...
signmastr said:Put 2 cups boiled, room temperature water in a quart zip-loc bag. Add the yeast. Seal the bag removing as much air as possible. Let it sit for 10 minutes. Squish the bag until well mixed. Pitch after 30 minutes...
aielloc said:Should I rehydrate my yeast before adding yeast? How do I rehydrate my yeast for an ale?
I never rehydrate dry yeast before pitching. Why bother?- It's gonna rehydrate in the wort anyway, and the wort is already yeast food (obviously) that's already at pitching temp (obviously). I see no need to use an extra process that may introduce another possible source of infection or temperature shock. Although it's hard to say exactly when my ferm "starts," I always have good airlock activity by the next morning.
Having said that, let me make clear that I'll make no claims to my way being "right" or better than any other way- it's just the way I do it, and I want to stand together with my fellow "dry-pitchers" to let you know that there are plenty of us who don't rehydrate.
However you choose to pitch, your beer will be good.
amandabab said:If over the years I noticed ANY benefit to rehydrating in beer/mead/wine I'd do it.
faster starts, cleaner ferments, better clearing , reduction in off-flavors, anything, I'd do it. I don't see it, ever.
I have a 1.100 pumpkin brew krausening right now(crawling up the blow off tube) that's 18 hours old on a dry pitch of S-05. not even stirred in, just dumped in the carboy before placing the hose.
not now, but in the past yes.So do you have a second batch next to it with rehydrated yeast so you can compare the two?
Why not just throw half the pack down the sink? It will probably still ferment and then you guys will have a new anecdote.
Go ahead and do a side by side using the same wort. You will absolutely find the rehydrated sample will start faster.
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