Frozen Imperial Yeast

[jahlinux]

Just received two cans of Imperial Yeast from MoreBeer and they are frozen. I’m thawing them out in the refrigerator.

Does anyone have experience with using previously frozen Imperial Yeast?

They are going to be used in a British Bitter with OG at 1.043
The cans are: A09 03Nov17 and A01 13Dec17

 

[MrPowers]

Subbed. I’m curious about this as well. I just received some Imperial yeast from morebeer as well and it wasn’t frozen when I got it, but who knows if it froze in transit.

I would just make a starter with it and see how it turns out. If you get some activity, it should be ok.

 

[jahlinux]

I called MoreBeer and they agreed to send me out replacement yeast. They are going to try and pack it insulated without any ice packs. Hopefully that will help. I’m really happy with their costumer service too.

 

[RM-MN]

This is one of the few times I will say that a starter is imperative. The yeast may be all dead but for the price of a bit of
DME and a few hours you can find out for sure.