Whoops... Frozen yeast...

[Robotcrab]

Put a some yeast I washe into a old fridge I was given, went to check it this morning and it frozen? Have I killed it. Gutted if I have, had stepped it all the way up from a single bottle of beer :,(


She doesn't seem to understand, I really, really, like beer...

 

[saccw]

Put a some yeast I washe into a old fridge I was given, went to check it this morning and it frozen? Have I killed it.

Yes. It's dead.

Or it could be fine.

There is only one way to find out; toss it into a starter and see what happens. Chances are you've wounded it, but not killed it.

 

[RM-MN]

Frozen as in solid all the way to the bottom or frozen as in a little skim of ice on the top. If it's the former, you probably killed it. If the latter, try it in a starter. I think yeast is harder to kill than most of you think.

 

[msbrewblog]

Have I killed it.

Probably. Had a smack pack freeze on me in a dorm fridge once. Made a starter just to see if could salvage but nada. Dead.

 

[Robotcrab]

Bugger, it looked fairly solid, will try and start her back up and see what happened, I've got about a gallon of beer bottled from the last step so all is not lost I guess. Oh well, guess I'll have to make some more beer...


She doesn't seem to understand, I really, really, like beer...

 

[Robotcrab]

She's alive! Very very alive, just dropped some dme in the jar I was storing it in and gave it a shake, lucky I checked it just now, because she was close to blowing! It was 4am when I did, it so probably still a bit weary and screwed the cap on tight....


She doesn't seem to understand, I really, really, like beer...

 

[RM-MN]

Congrats on saving your yeast. While it is possible to kill it by freezing, yeast is surprisingly resilient.