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Thanks all for your thoughts! I ended up rehydrating per the Nottingham data sheet. Yeast took off right away, now it's just a waiting game to eventually see how it tastes.

Hi all- I'm a newbie to brewing, just getting ready for my first batch, in fact. I bought a Brewer's Best kit for English Brown Ale. The dry yeast package (Nottingham Ale Yeast) includes instructions for rehydrating. However, my Brewer's Best instructions specifically say not to rehydrate...