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Storage of Dry Yeast

I've purchased a 500 gram quantity of BM-45 wine yeast. This is more than I will use for winemaking this season. Can this yeast be stored for future use? If so, what would be the best conditions?

-William Frazier

RESPONSE:

Freezing Dry Yeast

I have always frozen my dried yeasts after purchase and before use. I have not noticed any detriment to the final product, but I seem to remember reading somewhere in that past year or so not to freeze dry yeast, perhaps even on a package. Is it acceptable to freeze dry yeast or is there some detriment to the practice?


Cheers,
Mike Dixon

Dry Yeast Storage

I would like to know how long dried yeast stored in the refrigerator (under 40 degrees F) can be expected to be useful?

Dry Yeast Rehydration Conditions

Interested in giving dry yeast a try and have a rehydration question. From the instructions on Danstar's website, it states that distilled or reverse-osmosis water should not be used. For those of us with water unsuitable for brewing, any suggestions for a rehydration water recipe (salts, yeast nutrients) starting with RO water? Thanks in advance.

Joe Gibbens

Dry Yeast/ Liquid Yeast

For a homebrewer, dry yeast is much more convenient than liquid yeast. There are numerous strains of dry brewer's yeast that give very nice results for certain beer styles. However, the variety of dry brewer's yeast seems very limited.