Yeast pack broke

[drummerboyas157]

So when i smacked my wyeast the outside packaging broke so i just put it in a bowl. I am guessing it will do the same thing out side the package am I right?

 

[lud]

Is the bowl open to the air? Did you sanitize the bowl?

 

[PoppinCaps]

Yep, if you broke the nutrient pack as well, it will start to ferment and probably foam up a little in the bowl. If not, the yeast will just sit there.

 

[broadbill]

So when i smacked my wyeast the outside packaging broke so i just put it in a bowl. I am guessing it will do the same thing out side the package am I right?

Return it....If Wyeast's "thing" is the smack-pack, it shouldn't fail like that. Honestly, I'm not sure HOW you got it to fail, those outside packs are damn-near indestructible (or so I thought).

 

[jtejedor]

Return it....If Wyeast's "thing" is the smack-pack, it shouldn't fail like that. Honestly, I'm not sure HOW you got it to fail, those outside packs are damn-near indestructible (or so I thought).

Yeah a lot of times I have trouble even getting that nutrient pack to burst.

 

[drummerboyas157]

well it seemed like it had a little air to begin with but the starter pack wasnt broken so i smacked it and it seemed like it pushed a little out the bottom corner, and once it started inflating it was going to squirt out.

 

[drummerboyas157]

also i just put a papertowel over the bowl and yes it is sanitized

 

[drummerboyas157]

well I ended up getting another pack since no one has had this problem, I figure there might have been a small hole in it already since it didnt bust open.