Poll - My Beer yeast -

[Redbird Fan]

When I pitch my yeast I use:

[b3s]

although i voted for liquid yeast in a starter, i find that i somtimes i just forget to do the starter (which irritates me the next time i brew, since i didn't harvest any of that yeast). when i use a starter my lag time is usually under 12 hours, when i just pitch from the tube it is typically under 48 hours.

[Redbird Fan]

sometimes it's hard to convey what a difference the yeast starter can make to your initial fermentation - If you haven't tried it, you should - it's well worth the extra effort.

With the yeast starter my batches usually explode with fermentation in around 6-10 hours, and are much more active for a longer period of time.

Most resources say good yeast activity as soon as possible is the best way to avoid contamination since the yeast can out-compete the bacteria that can be present, thus killing the bacteria before they really have a chance to piss you off.

[Theakston]

I now use liquid after a starter. When I used dry I just whacked it in there (stirred up with a lot of air)

I also tried:

Yeast direct from a previous batch, works great.

Yeast cultured from the dregs of a bottle conditioned ale - worked OK some of my friends have had more success with this - and one beer nerd cultured some yeast directly from a pint of Timothy Taylors Landlord (draught) and that turned out great!

[Redbird Fan]

looks like (so far) the majority of people use Liquid yeast - pitched after growth in yeast starter -

Hope this info helps the "new brewers" out there - I know for me I had wondered if it was really such a big deal to:

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use a liquid yeast
use a yeast starter
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...after you make the switch, it's like you turned the lights on for the first time. Fermentation is sooooo much easier.

just fyi to the new guys........