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On Mar 27, 4:58 pm, "Tater" > wrote:
> On Mar 26, 8:29 pm, Steve > wrote:
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> in fact compared to water, it is doing about the same. I still think
> the water was too hot when i added the yeast and killed it.
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That's quite possible - how hot was the water? Anything over 50C is
calling for trouble. The rehydration instructions for yeast usually
are around 40C so I wouldn't go much over that.

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