Yeast starter w/ smack pack

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Good afternoon,

Going to be doing a yeast starter tonight and was wondering if it is necessary to smack the pack and let it expand for a few hours before pitching to the starter.  This is normally how I make my starters but was wondering if I could just directly pitch the contents without smaking it.

Thanks,
-Trevor

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If you are making a starter (and you should), there is no reason to bother waiting for it to expand.  Go ahead and ‘smack the pack’, though - There’s a load of yeast nutrients in the inner pouch that will benefit the starter.

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Thanks for the input.  Will definatly smack it tonight right before I get started.

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