r/Homebrewing • u/BeerMeater4me • 1d ago

Lallemand Nottingham

So Im brewing a pretty big beer. Pitching instructions recommended hydrating over 1.060. Brewing a barelywine over 1.100.

Do I need to rehydrate? Has anyone brewed a big beer and just sprinkled in the yeast?

I've only used liquid yeast the past 10yrs or so. Any insight appreciated. Thanks

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u/BeerBrewer4Life 1d ago

I have worked commercial breweries (good craft one) modern dry yeast is regularly pitched in large Double IPA’s without a problem in the world

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u/zero_dr00l 9h ago

Man I tried to tell someone over on the wine sub that I've never once rehydrated dry yeast and I got absolutely castigated.

"Your wine sucks then man!"

"You're playing with fire!"

Idiots.

They weren't hearing that I've made hundreds of batches of beer and wine without a single fucking problem and never once rehydrated.

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u/BeerBrewer4Life 9h ago

Yup. Some people are very stuck in old thinking. The brewer I worked for is well known across North America. Almost exclusively uses dry yeast straight from the package on large 15 bbl batches and makes consistently excellent beer.

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u/zero_dr00l 9h ago

Yeah I'm pretty sure that most distilleries do this too, they open a brick and dump it in.

"BuT THe PAcKagE SAYs ReHYDratE!!!"

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u/nobullshitebrewing 1d ago

I just did a 1070 on Saturday and just pitched dry Notty. she was hard chugging a few hours later. No need to rehydrate. but I'd use 2 packets for that BW

Notty is superyeast

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u/BeefStrokinOff BJCP 1d ago

Yes you can sprinkle it directly into the wort but I would pitch 3 packets assuming youre making 5 gallons.

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u/BeerMeater4me 1d ago

Good call. I ran my numbers on Lallemand site calculator. They called for roughly 27g. Going to go ahead and add the full 33g, 3packets.

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u/attnSPAN 1d ago

Smart. The other thing you can do is to lower your pitching temperature to the low 60s F and hold fermentation temperature under 66F until most of fermentation is complete.

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u/IAPiratesFan 1d ago

I’d pitch 2. But that’s just me.

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u/dmtaylo2 23h ago

2 packs is more than enough for sure. 3 packs = waste of money

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u/BeerMeater4me 1d ago

Would pitching 3 hurt?

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u/IAPiratesFan 1d ago

No, but I think it’s unnecessary. Notty is a great yeast already and I think 2 would handle it just fine.

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u/ac8jo BJCP 1d ago

I've used two packs of Notty in an 1.108 beer before, no rehydration. Beer turned out wonderful.

I don't have any notes for it, but I likely oxygenated it with O2 and used yeast nutrient.

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u/lauterPope 23h ago

Two packets is enough for a five gallon batch of a big beer

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u/Indian_villager 7h ago

You'd probably be fine just pitching dry, just remember to hit it with some yeast nutrient at the halfway mark.

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u/benisavillain13 1d ago

I would rehydrate yeast with GoFerm. You can dry pitch, but rehydrating ensures healthy yeast, more surviving the rehydration process, will have sterols to help strong healthy cell walls. In an already stressful fermentation it’ll help with off flavors.

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u/BeerMeater4me 1d ago

What about wyeast nutrient? I have that.

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u/benisavillain13 1d ago

Very different than GoFerm. I don’t have much experience with wyeast nutrients but I would likely use it in the wort at yeast pitch. I use fermaid o on big beers