What's wrong with just activating it in some warm water like you do with
dry yeast? (Never used a smack pack)


Roger Grimmond wrote:[color=blue]
> Hello there,
> I bought a wyeast smack pack last May and kept it in the fridge until
> yesterday. I'm making a Belgian with and read the instructions to start the
> incubation process. I 'smacked' the pack last night around 8pm and left it
> out on the counter. I was expecting for it to be totally swollen, but it
> hasn't changed from last night.
> What did I do wrong? I was hoping to brew this afternoon and I don't want to
> use dry yeast for my wit.
> all I have in the fridge is Safbrew s-33 and Safale S-04.
> Can someone please help me?!!!
> Thanks
>
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