[flbrewer]

My little one gallon batches are going bezerk with a split pack of Wyeast 1056 that I shared among the two gallons. I've never seen this much activity before with dry yeast. Is wet yeast always going to give more activity over dry?

[denny]

Nope, not necessarily.

[redbeerman]

What he said.

[erockrph]

To give a bit more detail, it depends on a lot of factors. Pitching rate, health of yeast, whether you made a starter, gravity of the wort, etc. Sometimes a Wyeast smack pack tends to get a good head start if you smacked it a few hours prior, but not always.

It's more than simply wet vs dry yeast, although that can be one factor.

[boapiu]

Is there a comparison of wet vs dry for all or most of the dry yeast offerings? not meaning to hijack the thread but, my most recent starter did not start and I had some dry to fall back on, which made me wonder, why not just use the dry? In this case I was suspecting warm conditions in shipping so, dry yeast stores longer, arrives safe, if the reault is just as good,.....

[denny]

But there is a lot more variety in liquid.