Yeast Question. first batch

General Homebrew Discussion
1

hello,

i am in the process of boiling my water for my first batch.  i bought a extract kit online and it was shipped to my house saturday.  i brought it in the house sat. night and didn’t open the box like a dumbass and just opened it today and saw a “refrigerate asap” sticker on it.  it had a Wyeast Activator packet inside.  i smacked the pack to activate it and i wasn’t sure if it would activate or not, so in the meantime i bought some dry yeast.  now the packet of the Wyeast has swelled and i am not sure if i should still use it or not because it was not refrigerated.  any help?

thanks

2

If it’s swelled, use it.

3

+1  Use it, it is demonstrating its viability

4

If your smack pack swelled, then the yeast are alive and well.  Yeast survive well at ambient temps, but are kept cool for storage.  Use it quickly.

5

thanks alot!  at first i was not going to, thats why i bought a back-up.  when i got back it had started swelling.  i assumed it was good to use, but wanted to double check.

thanks again!