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Using Glycerine to Freeze Yeast
Some advise on freezing yeast please. at the moment I store yeast on slants and re-propagate about every four to six months. I believe you can store frozen for twelve months using glycerine and some other ingredients. Can I do this on slants In a home freezer. Please advise on temps and techniques.
-Neville
RESPONSE:
Freezing Yeast
First of all, my thanks to you for taking part in this forum. Awhile back, your always helpful Sigrid Gertsen-Briand mentioned to me that preliminary trials at Lallemand had suggested that freezing dried yeast was not good for the yeast in some way.
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