Cold crashed at 20 degrees, do I need to repitch yeast?

[bscarl88]

I had our 5 gallon carboy outside for 2.5 days it got as low as 16F. there was minimal slush (barely any at all) at the top of the carboy after I brought it in. Do I need a yeast starter? Ive read that yeast just goes dormant until it warms up again.

 

[TheMilkMan]

Just to clarify. Is the carboy full of fermented beer and you cold crashed after it was done fermenting to make the yeast drop to the bottom?

 

[bscarl88]

yes, sorry for not clarifying! We cold crashed the fermented beer, then reracked to the bottling bucket, now we're wondering if we need to repitch using a small starter since we've never done a starter before

 

[Cyclman]

You could repitch with dry yeast, but I think you'll be fine. The beer obviously didn't freeze, or it'd have cracked the carboy.