DRY YEAST VS LIQUID YEAST - Home Brewing Beginner's Intro to Yeast

Dry yeast or liquid yeast? Which is better and what is even the difference? In this home brewing beginner's introduction to yeast, I take a close look at these two types of brewing yeast and see how they compare and how they are used. And most importantly, what should you chose in this DRY YEAST vs LIQUID YEAST showdown for your next brew day?

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0:00 Intro
0:31 Yeast
1:14 Dry Yeast
1:49 Dry Brands
2:00 Dry Pros & Cons
3:08 How to Use Dry
3:43 Liquid Yeast
4:10 Liquid Brands
5:00 Liquid Pros & Cons
6:10 How to Use Liquid
6:43 Which to Use
6:58 My Strategy
7:57 Conclusion

[TheBruSho]

Correction - @2:39 graphic should read: "Less Variety" not higher price

[TheApartmentBrewer]

Great video Trent, I really enjoy using dry yeast as much as I can. I would definitely say there is no issue of quality between dry vs liquid yeasts, just that there is less strain variety than liquid.

[TheWillz]

I just used my first liquid yeast in a beer I have brewing, used bananza can't wait to see how it comes out.

[midman]

Great video! My local homebrew store keeps a lot of the White Labs yeasts on hand and they're normally very fresh but I always have dry yeast on hand. US-05, US-04, Kveik and lately some Philly Sour packets are always well stocked with my brewing supplies.

[Brandonjwellman]

Great information. Thank you! I’ve only done dry because liquid intimidated me for whatever reason. I’m going to give it a try soon!

[aaronheimbecher]

I really liked this comparison show. Out of habit I always make starters and harvest yeast off that for future news, but I actually like the idea of just having a bunch of packets of dry yeast for common brews and saving my harvesting for "special" strains to save space. Thanks again for the show!

[alvaradobrewhouse]

Great video Trent! You never disappoint. Omega & Imperial have been my "go-to" since I started all grain brewing, but no problems using dry yeast when needed. Good stuff....

[williamjohnson]

Very informative video thanks for sharing, we have a red star plant here in SE Alabama.

[brotherjohn]

So many great dry strains these days. In my brewery I've phased out liquid. Its just not worth the faf anymore. Kveik, london 3, a true kolsch strain, conan, sta- saison, philly sour, and and and. So much innovation on the dry side. And strain count growing every day.

[nromagnola]

Awesome video, Trent. I actually think it's changed my mind a bit on what I will use in future batches. Thanks!

[michealpersaud]

Awesome vidoe as always man! Very informative

[diverbob]

Another advantage to using dry yeasts is that you do not have to re-oxygenate your wort before adding the yeast. The numbers are already there and they are ready to go to work once rehydrated. You can certainly still add oxygen if you want, but it is not necessary.

[AnimatedHomeBrew]

Great video. I'm looking forward to a future video where you rank your top 5 favorite strains of yeast!

[TheShacksDevon]

Great video, I tend to use dry yeasts and rehydrate to get them active sooner.

[CodySorgenfrey]

Great video! Another pro to liquid yeast is that you can overbuild your starter and save a pitch for the next brew. That way you don't have to keep purchasing the yeast from the homebrew shop!

[paskrell]

Personally mostly dry yeast except American Ale II. That one only exists liquid. But I’m often doing split Baches with liquid yeast to learn about more strains.

[PortlyGentleman]

Nice!! late night video drop I’m loving it 🍻

[Tscutty]

Trent, as always great video. However I was hoping you’d go more into the amounts of yeast to use, and how that might vary by type of beer and type of yeast. Thanks again!

[tman]

Well done. Now I know to go to the brew shop with nice pack to save on shipping cots and check expiration date. Only brew high gravity beers and looks like I’ve been under pitching with yeast nutrient.

[Hellbrews]

Great Video Trent very informative !! Cheers 🍻🍻🤙🏼