Hi all,
I've brand new to the all-grain-brewing world after spending way too much time with extract kits.
I've been trying my best over the last few days (while I await gear delivery) reading up on absolutely everything I can to help make my first brew day a success.
One thing I'm a little confused by is the yeast pitching procedure(s). Typically, with extract kits, dry yeast is simply just pitched onto the top of the beer straight from the packet(s).
When navigating through recipes on the BeerSmith software, I'm just a bit confused when viewing the Starter tab.
In the section that says "Dry Yeast Recommendation," for example, the recipe I'm looking at says it recommends 1 package of dry yeast if not using a starter, hydrated with 115ml. Does this just mean I can mix a package into 115ml of water and pour it into the beer after transferring into the fermenter?
It's recommending 15 packages if using liquid yeast so I'm just wondering why the difference.
Hopefully my question makes sense. I don't have a previous batch to use harvested yeast from - I'm just starting from square 1 here!
I've brand new to the all-grain-brewing world after spending way too much time with extract kits.
I've been trying my best over the last few days (while I await gear delivery) reading up on absolutely everything I can to help make my first brew day a success.
One thing I'm a little confused by is the yeast pitching procedure(s). Typically, with extract kits, dry yeast is simply just pitched onto the top of the beer straight from the packet(s).
When navigating through recipes on the BeerSmith software, I'm just a bit confused when viewing the Starter tab.
In the section that says "Dry Yeast Recommendation," for example, the recipe I'm looking at says it recommends 1 package of dry yeast if not using a starter, hydrated with 115ml. Does this just mean I can mix a package into 115ml of water and pour it into the beer after transferring into the fermenter?
It's recommending 15 packages if using liquid yeast so I'm just wondering why the difference.
Hopefully my question makes sense. I don't have a previous batch to use harvested yeast from - I'm just starting from square 1 here!