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Thank youAccording to the instructions you can pitch it directly without rehydrating.
If you want to rehydrate, then assuming it is an 11g pack sprinkle it on to about 100ml of water at about 25c. Leave if for a few minutes then stir, then leave it for a few more minutes and pitch when it is close to the same temperature as the wort
If you want to be super cautious. Boil the water first, pour it into something and cover it with a plate/tin foil etc to stop things falling in. Let it naturally cool to 25° then proceed as Richard says.According to the instructions you can pitch it directly without rehydrating.
If you want to rehydrate, then assuming it is an 11g pack sprinkle it on to about 100ml of water at about 25c. Leave if for a few minutes then stir, then leave it for a few more minutes and pitch when it is close to the same temperature as the wort
And some of us have evidence going back years.Many yeast manufacturers are recommending staight in now.
Many yeast manufacturers are recommending staight in now.
I'm still curious as to the deep reasons for the change in recommended "just pitch" approach from the manufacturers and what it means for us homebrewers, especially when compared with experiments that people have done to assess the viability of yeast when direct pitching vs rehydrating. Presumably there is a reason that manufacturers advise direct pitching (we can guess at why, but we don't actually know why they recommend this). But we also can't discount evidence that shows viability decreases if pitching directly into wort (just because the person doing the experiment doesn't have a PhD doesn't mean we can just ignore their results - that's not how science works).And some of us have evidence going back years.
That makes perfect sense! ThanksI can only repeat from my enology courses... Something like.... There is less shock to the yeast when sprinkled, because it only has 1 environment to adapt to. Hence 1 lag. If you make a starter it will adapt to that env and then have to repeat that again when it goes into product....or something very similar.
Indeed.Perhaps not verbatim, but you get the drift.
I think I went to one of their gigs in the 90sThank you @Hoppy "osmotic shock".. I just couldn't think of the words. Cheers
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