Put yeast into cold cider? HELP!!

[oinyo]

Hi guys. I just made a batch of cider and I am all ready to toss in the yeast. Problem is the cider is still pretty cold and I dont want to kill or hurt the yeast.

Is it safe to put the yeast into the bucket even though the liquid is cold or should i wait a hour or 2?

I have the lid lightly on the bucket but I also dont want a infection to start if I wait to long to put the yeast in.

Thx for the help,

 

[BrothersBrewing]

how cold is it?

 

[oinyo]

62F 12C at this time.

 

[BrothersBrewing]

it will be just fine, it mite just be slow to start...i would ferment around 72F-78F

 

[Revvy]

It will be fine, many of us pitch yeast in the 60's...Like Fireball brewer, it might be slow to take off, but it won't hurt the yeast any.

 

[oinyo]

Cool thank you. I hear to many horror stories of letting the brew sit to long before you put the yeast in then horrid infections happening.

I really want this one to work as the batch is costing over 50$ lol

This one is a labor of love and I have only fresh top grade apple cider and honey in it

 

[BrothersBrewing]

what yeast are you using?

 

[oinyo]

Ferments Saflager s-23

Characteristics: Genuin bottom fermenting commercial yeast. Sedimentation high. Final gravity: medium. Temperature range: 11-24C ( 51-75F) Ideally 11-15C (51-59F)

I got it because I wanted to try cold beer brewing like ice brewing and they told me this was the best for it.
The other other yeast i have is a Cooper one for guiness types and it is very unforgiving on the temp

 

[oinyo]

Btw I bought a box of the stuff for only 200$

After re-reading it damn. Thats a hell of a temp tang it gives ya

 

[methane]

If you read CvillKevin's thread about cider to the end, you'll find that he ferments it in the low to mid 60's F. This gives it a good month to ferment and clarify. I've tried it with S-05 at around 75 F and it ferments in about 3-4 days at which point I needed to stop it by cold crashing if I didn't want it to be completely dry. Doing it this way, the cider does not clarify much at all.

I totally recommend reading CvilleKevin's thread. I learned a lot from it/him.