pressure and yeast

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pressure and yeast

Post by beerbeerbeer » Mon Mar 04, 2013 8:39 pm

Hi all
I've been reading about how pressure can adversely affect yeast. i kept some yeast in a corny which i pressurized not knowing better at the time (40psi too!). I have pitched it (after 2 weeks) into a batch (only thought to research it afterwards)! :shock:

Just wondering if anyone has any experience of doing this and if so what did you find happened? Wondering if the yeast will have enough viability...

Will report back once i get to check progress!

Cheers
Tim
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Re: pressure and yeast

Post by Hogarth » Mon Mar 04, 2013 9:18 pm

Hmm, interesting. Yeast can certainly handle some pressure, because it survives in beer bottles. As to 40PSI ... let us know. :lol:
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Re: pressure and yeast

Post by beerbeerbeer » Fri Mar 08, 2013 5:37 pm

OG was 1.048 and now 5 days later 1.035 (its lager at 10°c with WLP 800). Phew...
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