So I have a fairly unique situation when it comes to rehydrating my yeast. My city water is chlorinated, so we have a charcoal filter that does a great job of filtering that out. The only problem is my only filtered water source is not heated, so it comes out at water temperature the ground water is. When I rehydrate my yeast I know you're supposed to use around 80 degree water farenheit according to the package. Do you think it's an issue to rehydrate the yeast at a lower temperature, or should I take the time to actually heat it up to the suggested temperature?
I have also not been sterilizing the water, and have yet to have any problems. Seems my water coming out of the filter is pretty sterile as is. I've been considering getting another burner in my setup so I can easily sterilize the water, and then let it cool to 80 degrees, and then rehydrate, but it seems like a lot of extra work if I'm getting pretty good results as I'm doing things now.
Anyone have any opinions on this?
I have also not been sterilizing the water, and have yet to have any problems. Seems my water coming out of the filter is pretty sterile as is. I've been considering getting another burner in my setup so I can easily sterilize the water, and then let it cool to 80 degrees, and then rehydrate, but it seems like a lot of extra work if I'm getting pretty good results as I'm doing things now.
Anyone have any opinions on this?