Hello all first time brewer here just a quick question about yeast for my brown ale batch. I made this yesterday from a kit I purchased for A to Z brown ale followed all the directions at the end it told me to just pitch the yeast and then rock the baby seal and let it set a few days before adding the maple syrup. Question is was I supposed to re hydrate the yeast first? The instructions did not mention anything about it and the yeast is safeale-US-05 which is said to be a non re hydrate yeast. Just not sure if this is going to work for my batch or not or if it is just best practice to re hydrate your yeast no matter what. Any tips or suggestions would be appreciated. Also was curious if a pumpkin barley wine would be something that could be brewed. Thank all and happy brewing.