zodiak3000
Well-Known Member
ive never rehydrated yeast before. ive also brewed only low gravity beers (pale ales). after reading some threads i feel maybe i should have tried to rehydrate my yeast, but i want some opinions. OG came out to 1.067 for my IPA. according to mr. maltys pitching calculator i should have pitched 1.2 packs of 11.5g yeast packets. I pitched only 1 11.5g packet. the process i used to aerate the wort was dumping the wort in the primary vigorously, then dumping 2 gallons of bottled water vigorously on top of that, stirring a little, then pitching yeast on top. does this seem ok? i havent had a problem in the past w/ the APA's, but my airlock only bubbled for about 48 hours. as i know the airlock IS NOT a gauge for checking fermentation, most of my past brews went for a longer time bubbling. im also not a fan of opening up my fermenter to take a hydrometer reading due to infection risk or just plain messing with the wort for no reason. so my concerns are- did i aerate enough using that method? and is there enough yeast in there to do the job from just that 1 11.5g packet of yeast? i used US-05 if it makes a difference. and in the future should i look into using the rehydration method? does it really make much of a difference?