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Help with hefe
Put my first Hefe in the fermentor today (OG1.050) however the temp when pitching the yest was almost 78f. Did I kill my yeast? Been over five hours and not a single bubble. HELP
Your yeast aren't dead at 78F. They should be fine. Depending on the temp of the yeast they may be a little temp shocked. What did you pitch? A vial, a pack, dry, or a starter?
Unless you pitched a starter of yeast, I wouldn't expect any activity for another 12 hours or so. 5 hours is a little quick for anything other than a start to see real activity.
Your beer's fine. Yeast don't die off until they hit ~105F but try to pitch your yeast as close to fermentation temps as possible. Also, it can take up to a couple of days for fermentation to really get rockin' though it normally doesn't need that much time.
Just to give you some perspective, I usually see signs of fermentation within 6-12 hours, however, once I had a beer that took 5 days to take off. I think there was something wrong with that particular packet of yeast that I used but the beer turned out fine.
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