First brew yeast questions?

[TCCCC]

I’m brewing my first batch tomorrow, and I wanted to make sure I have all my bases covered. Do I need to make a yeast starter? I’ve read my recipe over and over and it says nothing about “starting a yeast.” Please help.

 

[kh54s10]

What type of yeast do you have? Dry or liquid? What size batch are you making? What is the predicted OG? All of these need to be known before we can advise.

 

[TCCCC]

Dry yeast
5 gallons
and the brew stats are as follows:
Beginning Gravity: 1.042 - 1.044
Final Gravity: 1.010 - 1.012

To be completely honest with you I don't know what OG means?

 

[Calder]

OG = Original Gravity = Beginning Gravity.

With dry yeast starters are NOT recommended:

- Dry yeast comes with it's own nutrient stores ready for fermentation, and by making a starter, you use all that up before you pitch the yeast in the beer.

- Dry yeast packets also contain a lot more cells than liquid yeast, making a packet fine for most regular gravity beers.

- Dry yeast stores better than liquid. Providing it has been stored reasonably, you can be reasonably confident of the viability of the cells, whereas liquid yeast viability drops quickly by comparision and is more susceptible to poor storage conditions.