StillSmart

can i ask what is the best way to rehydrate bakers yeast before adding to the wash ?

warm water ? warm water and sugar ?

bit of a newbie to all this so just thought id ask

Hiya buddy. I normally use a pint beaker, add 2tsps of sugar and half fill with 28c water.
I then add my yeast and give a gentle stir then cover and leave for 15 minutes then another stir and add to the fermenter.

Why bother? its so cheap, you can just sprinkle on a load wait 5 mins, and stir it in.

Yep! either method will do the trick.

I personally like to make a 1lt yeast starter with water boiled and cooled to 35oC, 300g sugar and 20g of bakers yeast. I aerate the water with oxygen and store in my hot box overnight where it grows to provide a huge culture to inoculate the wash with

This is much simpler than trying to aerate the entire wash to get the yeast to breed to make the culture big enough for the wash size.

AM

I just sprinkle 1/2 a tin on top of a 25 litre wash, it starts fermenting within 15 minutes and usually has a nice foamy head within two hours.