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<abe865fdecdefg235726816@abe865fdecdefg235726816.com> wrote in message
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> If I use dried yeast from one of those hermetically sealed foil packets
> but don't use the entire packet, can that yeast be stored and used later?
>
> How should it be stored? Refrigerator? Freezer?
>
> What might be effects on my fermented product be if the opened yeast
> packet is stored too long?
>
>
> Thanks[/color]

I have used a half packet, just wrapped up the remainder with a rubber band
tightly in the refrigerator, and used it successfully within a few weeks.
The way I pitch my yeast I can easily tell within a few hours if it is going
to become active. I have tried reconstituting in water, water with sugar and
nutrients, part of the must with all of the above, and still not had good
results. I simply sprinkle the yeast across the surface of the must. This
has never failed me. It gets plenty of oxygen at the start and I can see
very quickly if the yeast has life in it...

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