thehopthief
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I'm new to brewing and starting my second brew. The first time I used a recipe kit from NB and liquid yeast from Imperial. Everything was fairly straight forward and appears to have worked ok based on gravity readings (I'll know for sure in 2 weeks after the bottles are finished carbonating and conditioning).
My next beer is likely going to be with the BIAB method rather than malt extract and specialty grain steeping only but the main question I have is do I need to a yeast starter and/or nutrients? The beer is going to be a double IPA shooting for 8-8.5% probably 3 or 4 gallon batch. My first beer in the kit I did not use either of these but I keep reading that you do need it especially with higher ABV beers.
My next beer is likely going to be with the BIAB method rather than malt extract and specialty grain steeping only but the main question I have is do I need to a yeast starter and/or nutrients? The beer is going to be a double IPA shooting for 8-8.5% probably 3 or 4 gallon batch. My first beer in the kit I did not use either of these but I keep reading that you do need it especially with higher ABV beers.