Recent content by fasteddietier

Could I open the package and check to see if the seal is broken and then just propagate it in a plastic container?

Thanks for the replies, yes they are within "use by" date. How do you get a starter going?

I bought a few of these in early December with some kits, and put them in my fridge for brewing later. I just went to check on them and found that they seem a bit swollen even though they have not been activated (at least not to that I am aware). They appeared fine post shipping when they were...

I have noticed a lag in the fermentation (bubbles in airlock) in my current batch of English Brown Ale I brewed Sunday evening. I pitched dry yeast and added it to the wort within 2 degrees of the wort temp. at 74 degrees. Outside temperatures have been cold recently and I was storing in my...