Yooper

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Well, if it was over 110-120 degrees, you may have "cooked" your yeast. Do you have another package of yeast? I'd go ahead and pitch a new package, if the first yeast was put into hot water.

If you're buying more yeast, you may want to buy a 3 pound package of malt extract, too, and add that as well. You've got a very low gravity "light" beer there, but with enough hops for a regular beer. You'll have about a 3.5% ABV if you used dry extract, and only 2.8% ABV if you used liquid extract. I'd also suggest a hydrometer- it's a necessity for brewing, in my opinion.

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I agree w/ Yoop.That yeast is dead.Remember yeast is a living organism.Not many living things can survive boiling temps
Don't worry about re-hydrating that next pack.Just toss it in.
Yoop, you think he has enough head space in the carboy to boil that extract in enough water to sanitize it and add it w/o a blowoff?

Yooper

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Yes, if it's a 7 gallon carboy, there should be plenty of headspace. I'd boil some water, take it off the heat, and add the extract. Then, cool it and add to the carboy. You could probably use as little as a quart of water, and that should work fine.

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AleBelly

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I'm going to add more yeast now and see what happens !!

I was already advised to add more extract, however I was told that it is already sanitized, so I simply poured 3 lbs of dry extract right into the carboy and shook it up real good.. What do you think? .. Would I have been better advised to boil it first?

Yooper

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Well, ideally yes. But it's fresh from the package, so there will be no harm from pouring it right in.

Let us know how this goes!

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AleBelly

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I had no visible signs of fermentation after 24 hours, so I added another pack of yeast directly to the carboy. This morning (10 hours after adding yeast) there's nice action in the airlock.

Thanks for all of the help guys. I Appreciate it.

Conodor

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Congrats on your first batch. Use the first few as a learning experience. Thr first few I did it seemed like nothing went right. Still drank the final peroduct. Hell I still second guess everything I do. Haha

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