Forgot to shake the smack pack before smacking

BeerFun · 10-25-2009, 03:17 PM

Anyone else forgot that and it turned out fine?

Parker36 · 10-25-2009, 03:20 PM

Its fine. Shake it now if you like

Fingers · 10-25-2009, 03:20 PM

I suspect the smacking, subsequent rupturing of the internal packet and the distribution of its contents will suffice. You'll be fine.

celestialparsnip · 10-25-2009, 03:22 PM

I didn't shake mine before smacking, and it's bubbling away happily upstairs. No harm done.

BeerFun · 10-25-2009, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Parker36

Its fine. Shake it now if you like

Thank you, I didn't shake it at all. Waiting for the fermenting to start.

Edit: And so it has.

BeerFun · 10-25-2009, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fingers

I suspect the smacking, subsequent rupturing of the internal packet and the distribution of its contents will suffice. You'll be fine.

Great, thank you!

BeerFun · 10-25-2009, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by celestialparsnip

I didn't shake mine before smacking, and it's bubbling away happily upstairs. No harm done.

A relief to hear. Thank you!

Blinebuddy · 10-26-2009, 01:12 AM

yeah, I had a packet smash behind a bottle in the beer fridge, and i just kept it cold, and once I wanted to brew.. took it out, warmed it in a warm water bath, and shook it. it inflated in like two hours tops... I thought it may explode- but then I thought that Wyeast probibly designs the packaging to take a fair amount of pressure before bursting.

BeerFun · 10-26-2009, 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Blinebuddy

yeah, I had a packet smash behind a bottle in the beer fridge, and i just kept it cold, and once I wanted to brew.. took it out, warmed it in a warm water bath, and shook it. it inflated in like two hours tops... I thought it may explode- but then I thought that Wyeast probibly designs the packaging to take a fair amount of pressure before bursting.

Yeah they have!

Mine didn't explode even though I left it for 15 hours at 22C.