After brewing this weekend I noticed the smack pack I purchased hadn't swollen 5-6 hours after being smacked. It was time to pitch the yeast so I sanitized the package and pitched like I normally would.
I never thought to check the date... The package has a date of March 2012. I figured I would give it 72+ hours and pick up another package (checking the date this time). This afternoon would have been 72 hours, so when I got home I verified no airlock activity or krausen formation and went back to the LHBS and picked up another 3638 with a mfg date only 15 days old. I popped the pouch on the way home.
Of course now that I am home the original 3638 took off... Should I just save the new package, or pitch it in anyway?
I never thought to check the date... The package has a date of March 2012. I figured I would give it 72+ hours and pick up another package (checking the date this time). This afternoon would have been 72 hours, so when I got home I verified no airlock activity or krausen formation and went back to the LHBS and picked up another 3638 with a mfg date only 15 days old. I popped the pouch on the way home.
Of course now that I am home the original 3638 took off... Should I just save the new package, or pitch it in anyway?