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On Mar 27, 6:58 pm, "Tater" > wrote:
> On Mar 26, 8:29 pm, Steve > wrote:
>
> > I don't know the root beer kit that you bought, but if the yeast is
> > going like mad, then CO2 is being generated. You probably have to
> > wait a week or more for the carbonation to be reasonable.

>
> yeah, but compared to the wineexpert kit, this thing is not doing
> anything. I'll sit and wait a bit
>
> 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.


today I gave up, and went and did some testing.

warm water to me is about 120F. I'm assuming i killed the yeast. so I
went and put another shot of yeast in. we shall see what happens