I have come to the conclusion that doing a yeast starter is by far better than just adding the dry yeast package to my wort. When using the started yeast after 12 hours of getting it up and running makes for a much livelier fermentation.
That's what I hear. Just ordered a nice Beaker and some DME to try that during my next batch.
Are u planning on using liquid yeast for ur starter? It is not recommended to make a starter using dry yeast.
Nope, I use dry and have had no issues what so ever!
dentdr said:Nope, I use dry and have had no issues what so ever!
How big is your starter? There are somewhere north of 200 billion cells in a dry yeast packet. To benefit rather than hurt the yeast (dry yeast is designed not to require a starter), you'd need a very large starter indeed. A starter that would probably cost more to make than just picking up a second packet.
thats why i only use between 1/4 to 1/2 the pack.
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