4 year old carb tabs?

[WortHog1242]

I have a sealed bag of Coopers carbonation tablets. Packaged in 2006. I was told they should still be ok to use. Thoughts? I'd hate to chuck em out, since I've got 2 bags of them.

Question 2.
Is 11.5 gms of yeast too much for a 2-3 gallon batch? I have a wheat and an Ale yeast, but am only brewing 2- 3 gallons of each. A wheat and a pale ale.

Thanks for any input and thoughts.

 

[Bacchus]

I have a sealed bag of Coopers carbonation tablets. Packaged in 2006. I was told they should still be ok to use. Thoughts? I'd hate to chuck em out, since I've got 2 bags of them.

Question 2.
Is 11.5 gms of yeast too much for a 2-3 gallon batch? I have a wheat and an Ale yeast, but am only brewing 2- 3 gallons of each. A wheat and a pale ale.

Thanks for any input and thoughts.

As long as they've been sealed, there should be no problem. Sugar lasts forever. If it will help assuage your fears; They've found jars of honey in the tombs of the pharoahs. This honey was thousands of years old. After being reconstituted, the honey was still perfectly edible. So a 2006 packaging date shouldn't be much of an issue. LOL!!!

 

[TipsyDragon]

carb tabs are just sugar. sugar doesn't go bad. as far as your yeast question goes it depends on what your OG for the batch is.

 

[frazier]

Is 11.5 gms of yeast too much for a 2-3 gallon batch? I have a wheat and an Ale yeast, but am only brewing 2- 3 gallons of each.

When I brew a batch in my MrBeer, I use the entire package of Nottingham or S-04, whatever. No problem at all.

 

[WortHog1242]

Thanks guys.