Hi fellas, so recently I did an experiment by brewing up a 5 gallon batch of wort then after the boil I split it between two carboys. I then pitched two different Belgian style yeasts. After 5 days of lagering I have 2 carboys at a little over 2 gallons each of clear beer. I now want to bottle condition both of these beers using Safale US-05 dry yeast but I am at a lose as to how I should proceed. I am thinking of re-hydrating 1 packet with some priming sugar and then just splitting that between the two carboys, but I want to insure that both have enough yeast to produce co2. Is it a good idea to make a small yeast starter and let it sit overnight? Or is it ok to pitch right after the re-hydrating is complete? Safale says that their dry yeast is ready to pitch after re-hydration with no starter necessary. I am probably going to pitch right after re-hy6dration but any suggestions will be helpful.
James
James