{"id":789,"date":"2013-09-18T19:30:40","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T02:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hellbach.us\/blog\/?p=789"},"modified":"2024-03-19T03:19:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T10:19:28","slug":"culturing-frozen-pack-yeast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hellbach.us\/blog\/food-drink\/beer\/culturing-frozen-pack-yeast\/","title":{"rendered":"Culturing frozen pack of yeast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:4600,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.homebrewtalk.com\\\/f39\\\/my-wyeast-activator-pack-frozen-arrival-94447&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:4601,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.victoriancollections.net&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20230724063821\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.victoriancollections.net\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-19 15:25:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 21:55:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 21:55:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<div>from &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.homebrewtalk.com\/f39\/my-wyeast-activator-pack-frozen-arrival-94447\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">My wyeast activator pack is frozen on arrival&#8230;<\/a>&#8220;<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>paranoid about sanitation as population is so low.<\/li>\n<li>Let it thaw for 24 hours in the fridge,<\/li>\n<li>then smack the pack and leave for 24 hours on the counter.<\/li>\n<li>Make a small starter 1oz of DME in 8 ounces of water, you could boil that little bit in the microwave. Let it cool and add it to a sanitized 2L sized <a href=\"http:\/\/www.victoriancollections.net\/\" title=\"victoriancollections.net\" style=\"text-decoration:none;color:#333;\">victoriancollections.net<\/a> bottle (a 2L soda bottle will work in a pinch).<\/li>\n<li>Pitch the smack pack into that and cover with sanitized foil.<\/li>\n<li>After 24 hours you should notice some bubbles.\n<ol>\n<li>If not, give it another 24 hours.<\/li>\n<li>Then boil up 3 ounces of DME in 24 ounces of water, let it cool, and add to your starter with a sanitized funnel.<\/li>\n<li>Swish it up well; after 24 hours you should have a good krausen and a fairly noticeable white ring on the bottom.<\/li>\n<li>If you do, you are good to go.\n<ol>\n<li>If you don&#8217;t, give it another 24 hours; if you still don&#8217;t have a nice ring of white yeast after 48 hours in the second step you will need to start over with viable yeast or culture a yeast strain using the same procedure from a microbrew which is bottle conditioned (pitching the last 2 oz from 3-4 Sierra Nevada pale ale bottles and following the above procedure will usually work really well, and will yield the WY1056 Cali Ale strain).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Note:<\/strong> One last comment, if you don&#8217;t have any spare DME on hand, you can use Malto Goya from the grocery store (look in the Hispanic foods area). Use 3 ounces of Malto Goya with 6 ounces of water and boil\/cool for the first step, use 12 ounces of Malto Goya with 12 ounces of water and boil\/cool for the second step.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from &#8220;My wyeast activator pack is frozen on arrival&#8230;&#8220; paranoid about sanitation as population is so low. Let it thaw for 24 hours in the fridge, then smack the pack and leave for 24 hours on the counter. 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