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Just cracked open a test bottle and it's... interesting. It's nowhere near fizzy enough, which is annoying. I batch primed low for the style, but it's hardly fizzy at all. I'm hoping it's just a bad bottle, and I'll make sure I stir slightly after batch priming (I siphoned onto the appropriate...

Not from experience but I've asked a similar question regarding the Yeast Bay Melange blend (though not quite as old as yours) and someone from the company suggested a starter, so who am I to argue with that? I think the "no starter for blends" thing is great advice if your yeast is fresh, but...

I'm hoping to not leave the brett too much to do, because I want to get on with a full on sour. I know it won't be quick, but I'd rather it only had a couple of points to chew through than ten. What I plan to do is set the thermostat on my inkbird to slightly below what I pitch the yeast at...

I've got a smack pack of this in my fridge just waiting to be used. I've also got a vial of Yeast Bay Brussels Brett that I'm going to give it. My first experiment with brett. I'm probably going to ferment with this in my plastic bucket with brew belt and inkbird for a couple of weeks, then...

So I took a reading after four days at 26° and it's come back to life. Down to 1015 now, so I've dry hopped. I mashed high so I think it's nearly there, but we'll see.

Mine was past its sell by date, and I made a 1 litre starter for about 11 litres (2 gallons ish). But it's been really slow so perhaps I should have made a larger one.

I've had it warmed up to 25°C for four days and it's only come down 1 point. I've stirred it up today and increased it to 26° so hopefully that'll kick it back into life.

Thanks very much for your help! I'm looking forward to this one.

Hey, sorry to bump, but I'm in a similar situation to the original poster. However I have two vials of this from a lucky dip deal with out of date yeasts. Mine went out of date in August. I've got an 11l carbouy on its way that I plan to dedicate to "interesting" fermentations, and the first...

Wow, so I've just read all 103 pages of this thread in the past few days. I've got a Galaxy single hop on the go with this, after getting a vial in an out of date lucky dip selection. I made a 1l starter (for a 12l batch), mashed at 68°C and got an OG of 1069. After ten days it was 1024, and...

For lighter beers I open after two weeks, so I'd have gone for it a week ago! I've had a dark beer for Christmas (cranberries, vanilla, cinnamon, maple) sitting in bottles since Late August and it's painful, but I've just brewed lots since then so it's easier to forget about. I'm going to open a...

Cheers. I'm pretty good with cleaning everything with VWP before use, and my buckets are relatively new (that's partly why I'm reluctant to get all new stuff!). Once I decide on a recipe for the Mélange I might get myself a glass carboy for the fermentation, then leave it for...

Thanks, that's really helpful. Will the Brett blend infect the equipment like the sour will? I'd like to be able to have two brews on the go at once, since the yeasts are already past their best, but if that would mean both FVs would have to be dedicated to sours/Brett's it might not be worth it...

Brewuk.co.uk have got a lucky dip deal on some out of date yeasts (all less than four months past their best) and I got sent the above yeasts. I'm a fairly novice brewer, but with aspirations to do some more interesting things in my small flat. I do BIAB, in batches of around 12 litres. It...

Still in secondary, but I should probably bottle it tomorrow. The immediate alcohol harshness has mostly gone, but I can't say there's much flavour from either the cranberries, vanilla or cinnamon. Part of me is tempted to put some more vanilla and cinnamon in, but I'll restrain myself. Once...

I gave this one a go the other day. I'm useless at getting my volume right (I kind of wing it) so had to water down to get 1.084, but I must have got the same efficiency as the original brewer because I diluted to gravity and ended up with exactly the same volume as expected (I scaled down to...

Sorry to bump this, but I'm intrigued by this recipe. I think it'll benefit from ageing in the bottle so I'm planning on getting on with it in the next few days, so hopefully it'll be ready in time for Christmas. It also helps that my Mum has just come home from Madagascar and has brought me...