Guys, I just started brewing again last week after a 5 year layoff. My renewed interest might as well have been due to the latest hefty price increase at the liquor store (I'm in San Diego area-anybody else notice this?). Happily however, it's due to my new digs with my lovely new bride. Finally, a patio to brew on!! And a garage to store my stuff. DAGTH (died and gone to heaven). Anyway, I got it off to a bang by participated in last weeks "teach a friend to brew" day. Things went well enough, worked the bugs out of the process (literally and figuratively). In the end though, as we were cleaning up, I had my buddy throw the bag of leftover hops in the chest freezer (life is good indeed) in the garage. The next day, I found out the whitelabs yeast I'd bought for the next brew session was amongst the frozen. Of course, I took it out, placing it in the refrigerator for a more gradual return to liquid state. Any ideas at all as to whether this guy is gonna get with the program next week? For the cost, I could chuck (rather than pitch) it in the trash. It seems like the kind of thing that could've happened to someone else so I thought I'd ask. I could just try to make a starter out of it, but I don't want to expend the effort if it's likely to fail. Thanks in advance for the advice. BTW, I brewed an IPA that percolated happily and will be racked to secondary later today. I'm just gonna go with kegging as bottling is a PITA. Might as well start on the right foot this time. Greg
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20 years ago