What temperature to store yeast at? (both dry and liquid)

[delcosansgluten]

I stored yeast in my fridge @ 40 degrees fahrenheit and it killed it. To avoid this, what temperatures do you store your yeast at?

 

[RPh_Guy]

I stored yeast in my fridge @ 40 degrees fahrenheit and it killed it.

Cold temperature does not kill yeast.

 

[delcosansgluten]

Cold temperature does not kill yeast.

I got zero fermentation with the yeast I used. What could have killed it if not cold temps?

 

[brewbama]

Mishandling prior to getting into your hands.

What yeast strain?

 

[Harleybrew32]

if it was liquid how long was it stored? i keep mine in my small fridge about 35F.
the only yeast so far that went bad was some yeast that i washed and forgot about for a few months. it turned brown, just dumped it and got fresh.

 

[WBB]

What was the date of manufacture and where did you get it? What kind of yeast and what temps did you pitch at?

 

[RPh_Guy]

More details are needed to determine what might have happened, but it definitely wasn't killed by cold. Yeast labs keep their cultures under deep freeze: like -80°F.