wee stu
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...... or, the Mr Bean of homebrew does it again!
I'm new to these liquid yeasts, but I've used a couple and reserved some from the pre fermented starters in coke buddies for later use - stored in one of the fridges at 4c (ala the Grumpy's manual).
Anyway last Saturday I knew I was in for some good grace catch up time with Mrs wee stu, and had to spend hours of backbreaking toil in the garden to make up for a couple of brewday weekends.
Gardening is thirsty work, so I started by grabbing a carton of fluid repleneshment from a local source. (Safari Lager from Tanzania - chuggable stuff, excellent for fluid replenishment, and much the same price as West End or VB - at 5.5% ABV you need to drink a bit more for fluid replenishment, because you dehydrate quicker - but them's the breaks).
Only trouble with the local source is that the tinnies are warm. So I wacked them in the nearest available fridge, ramped it up to the coldest setting and got to work in the garden. End of gardening, I downed a few coldies, and felt a warm inner glow. Always nice to please the better half and indulge your passion for exotic beers at the same time.
Three days later, the garden looks a darn sight better, the Safaris are lip puckering cold ...... and the two coke bottle buddies of 1056 American and 1272 Scottish yeast starters, lurking at the back of this particular fridge, are frozen solid.
Serious question time. Are my yeasties going to be all right?
I've dropped the fridge back to the 4c setting, and my inclination is to let the yeasties settle back down in there. If they seem happy with that, I'll then use them in a fairly expendable brew (if such a thing exists). But I won't do this if you guys know better.
What happens to yeasties when they freeze?
I'm new to these liquid yeasts, but I've used a couple and reserved some from the pre fermented starters in coke buddies for later use - stored in one of the fridges at 4c (ala the Grumpy's manual).
Anyway last Saturday I knew I was in for some good grace catch up time with Mrs wee stu, and had to spend hours of backbreaking toil in the garden to make up for a couple of brewday weekends.
Gardening is thirsty work, so I started by grabbing a carton of fluid repleneshment from a local source. (Safari Lager from Tanzania - chuggable stuff, excellent for fluid replenishment, and much the same price as West End or VB - at 5.5% ABV you need to drink a bit more for fluid replenishment, because you dehydrate quicker - but them's the breaks).
Only trouble with the local source is that the tinnies are warm. So I wacked them in the nearest available fridge, ramped it up to the coldest setting and got to work in the garden. End of gardening, I downed a few coldies, and felt a warm inner glow. Always nice to please the better half and indulge your passion for exotic beers at the same time.
Three days later, the garden looks a darn sight better, the Safaris are lip puckering cold ...... and the two coke bottle buddies of 1056 American and 1272 Scottish yeast starters, lurking at the back of this particular fridge, are frozen solid.
Serious question time. Are my yeasties going to be all right?
I've dropped the fridge back to the 4c setting, and my inclination is to let the yeasties settle back down in there. If they seem happy with that, I'll then use them in a fairly expendable brew (if such a thing exists). But I won't do this if you guys know better.
What happens to yeasties when they freeze?