Pitching mistake yesterday.

[Motorbikeman]

I pitched w35/70 from a  big starter yesterday  at around 12 degrees.   

But I did not set my st-1000 correctly (as I was pissed as a fart)  .   

I chilled my wort right down to 0 degrees over night,  after pitching and only noticed the mistake the next morning. 


What problems are likely to happen now?      Its very slowly warming up all day now and only at 5 degrees at the moment. 

Could I have damaged my yeasties??   


 

[nigel_c]

I wouldn't say there's massive damage done. Get it up to temp and it should start up. Water bath , warm kitchen , brew belt should all do the job.

[Leann ull]

They will be fine common to pitch cold and rise, maybe not that cold!
Alcohol and brewing never a good idea

[Motorbikeman]

Been 5 days now since pitching. 

Was no activity for the first 2 days.  Since, there has been steady airlock activity.

   I was guessing the freezing temp made a hard yeast cake on the bottom of the bucket.    So on day 3 I rotated the bucket a few times quickly to lift the yeast.    Seemed to have worked

  I was planning on the fast ferment method with this and took a gravity reading yesterday.    It only shifted a few points.  So I am going to leave well alone.   

I don't expect this to have any effect on taste.  I hope. 

[Leann ull]

Fermenting with lager yeasts properly takes ages to start and ages to do "fast ferment" in lager terms is weeks rather than the 3-4 days Irish Ale takes to finish

[molc]

Even when doing the fast ferment, I still find they keep getting better and better with time and layering as well.