That sounds a tad high to me - to me 'warm' in yeast terms is roughly 78F - 90F with better odds at the lower end.

Jim

"Tater" > wrote in message oups.com...
> 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
>