Frozen Yeast

[Bear85]

My friend cleverly stored the yeast in the freezer, not the fridge. Is it still ok? It's a dry yeast, Danstar Nottingham.

We're just planning to make a starter and see how it looks, and pitch more yeast tomorrow after a trip to the LHBS if it doesn't look good.

Any advice?

 

[lumpher]

of course starter is the only way to be sure, but should be no problem for dry yeast at all

 

[bgrayson726]

Any advice?

make a starter and see how it looks

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[gyst]

According to Danstar, freezing is no problem:

http://www.danstaryeast.com/library/freezing-dry-yeast

 

[onipar]

I regularly freeze my dry (bread) yeast with no ill effects. I've kept bread yeast in the freezer for months at a time and it was still viable. All yeast are different, but you should be good, especially if the website says it's okay.