Quote Originally Posted by bode
im sure i could google this, but i want you guys to feel important. what does it mean to "pitch" your yeast?
Good question.. there is seemingly a "brewer-insider" word for everything you use or do with your homebrew ingredients... it's a bit ridiculous, but once your in, your in.

"Pitching" yeast, simply refers to putting your yeast into the chilled "wort" (which is the sugar water that you had previously cooked and the yeast will eat to make alcohol). You have to put the yeast into chilled wort because anything over 105 deg F will likely kill the yeast.