Hello I have a starter that I had put in the freezer for a few months. I brought it out, thawed and fed it 2 days before I was going to bake. It smelled and looked perfect. My bread never did rise. I made another batch bread and added commercial yeast because I needed a sure thing for dinner. The bread was amazing. I recently found out how to tell if the starter is active was drop some in water to see if it floats. Nope straight to the bottom it goes. How to I make it active again? I continue to feed it and 4 days later still asleep. The new starter I made yesterday passed the drop test already but of course no sourdough smell.

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