comet909
Well-Known Member
Brewed a beer this weekend and to my dismay I opened the fridge to find I didn't have the yeast I though I did. It was late Saturday night and there' no place open on Sunday. All I had on hand was some yeast that I'd washed and saved that was pretty old. Maybe 6 months? It didn't look fresh and white. I also had a white labs vial that a friend had given me. I don't know how old it was but he said it was "pretty old".
I smelled them both and they didn't stink so I figured old yeast is better than no yeast and dumped them both in there and gave the beer some good shakes and went to bed. No activity the next day. Still nothing this morning so I picked up a pack of Notty on the way home. Low and behold there's a little krausen on top and a couple of occasional bubbles. I was debating on whether to add the notty and took the air lock off to give it a sniff. It was pretty stinky like corn. DMS?
Now I'm starting to question my decision. There's alot of the darker yeast sitting on the bottom of the carboy and I'm starting to wonder if I should rack it into a new carboy and go with the notty to help the old yeast along.
Any thoughts. Thanks.
I smelled them both and they didn't stink so I figured old yeast is better than no yeast and dumped them both in there and gave the beer some good shakes and went to bed. No activity the next day. Still nothing this morning so I picked up a pack of Notty on the way home. Low and behold there's a little krausen on top and a couple of occasional bubbles. I was debating on whether to add the notty and took the air lock off to give it a sniff. It was pretty stinky like corn. DMS?
Now I'm starting to question my decision. There's alot of the darker yeast sitting on the bottom of the carboy and I'm starting to wonder if I should rack it into a new carboy and go with the notty to help the old yeast along.
Any thoughts. Thanks.