After a two year hiatus, I brewed an all-grain pale ale yesterday. Its been a while and I was definitely rusty but I thought everthing went ok. I was a litte disappointed with the volume prior to boiling (I need to go back and reconsider Papazian's .1 gal/1lb grist absorption rule).
So its been 17 hours since I pitched my yeast and there is no visible signs of any fermentation at all. Very strange. I wasn't expecting a perfect extraction but I was anticipating an average fermentation experience. I've retraced my steps and I think I found the step where I goofed. I used White Labs Pitchable Liquide Yeast: Burton Ale. I took it straight out of the fridge and dumped it into the carboy (which was at about 70F). I started to suspect this morning that that was a mistake and sure enough the bottle of yeast says remove from fridge 3-6 hours prior to pitching. What a rookie mistake!
Are the yeast nuked or can/will they pull through? Can I pitch some more or is the beer likely sick with other possible infection by now? I can't think of anything else that would have given this kind of result. I am missing anything?
Any advice?
thanks,
Mike