Liquid vs. Dry

[steve_flack]

When you use dry yeast and brew high gravity or lager beers do you just pitch multiple packs????

Although the 11g packs are fine for 5 US Gallons for most regular ales, you might need to add another pack to reach the Mr Malty advised pitching rate for a barley wine etc. That rate is a very good pitching rate though. I'm convinced most people using liquid yeasts don't get close to that rate. You end up with starters nearly as big as your main brew! In that case I'd rather brew a smaller beer first and repitch - for example a Belgian pale ale then repitch into a dubbel or trippel.

For lagers, where it's probably best to pitch cold for flavour, it would be a good idea to pitch two dry yeast packs anyway. If you pitch warm then you'll be fine with one.

EDIT: BTW, you're 'in' to making starters? Interesting. I guess one reason people use dry yeast is because they're not.

[Scooby]

Their selling WLP001 (Cal ale) and WLP002 (English ale)

Very limited then

They sell 19 strains of which 12 are in stock

[oblivious]

Their selling WLP001 (Cal ale) and WLP002 (English ale)

Very limited then

They sell 19 strains of which 12 are in stock

Sorry my fault, I did not see the addition page links at the bottom

[Scooby]

Very limited then

They sell 19 strains of which 12 are in stock

Sorry my fault, I did not see the addition page links at the bottom

Ah, easily done

[TC2642]

Thanks for the input guys.......I just couldn't figure why you weren't leading MickyD to a liquid strain for his Hefe.......I reckon we are lucky to have 4 or 5 strains of German Hefe yeast....it sure makes it easier on flavor profiles......I think I've only ever used dry yeast once and it was because I had a stuck fermentation......I'd probably be your buddy as I have about ten packs of dry yeast that came with kits and I keep them around, "Just In Case" it happens again.....I've been saving money on liquid by repitching.....I usually try to brew 2 beers in a row that use the same strain, and I got a conical now which makes harvesting easier....

Thanks again.......Brian.......aka......dartgod

I tend to repitch with liquid yeast aswell but I tend to use it three times going up in strength each time, just put Wyeast Scottish Ale into my Belhaven 70/- (more like an 80/- now since I was left with 21ltrs and an Sg of 1043!), don't know if it is this yeast strain or Wyeast getting better but my six month old yeast smack pack blew up extremely quickly and the 1ltr yeast starter had quite a heavy sediment in it, something that I have not had with the previous Wyeast smack packs.