tonyt
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My protege called me last night saying that he started a kit three days ago and it has not started fermenting yet. I am not sure what brand or variety, I don't think for this question that matters. Bottom line is he killed the yeast by using very hot tap water (no cold) to hydrate the yeast. I gave him a EC1118 knowing it would work. It was fermenting away bu this morning. My question is should I have told him to rack off of the dead yeast before adding the new yeast? BTW don't laugh - me having a protege!