Make a Yeast Starter

I always make a yeast starter.  Objective is to increase the amount of healthy yeast that you will pitch into cooled wort after the boil.  This gives you the best chance of a healthy fermentation.  Help your yeast help you.

Boil water and dry malt extract:

Cool the mixture and pour into a sanitized vessel. Add the yeast and put in the same environment where you will ferment your beer a few days later:

Healthy yeast makes good beer. Good beer makes you happy.