1st brew ...expired yeast?

[Magiccat]

I made my 1st batch according to the box. As I was cleaning up, I noticed that the yeast expired in March 2014. Its May 24, should I worry? Thanks for your help.

 

[garcia]

don't worry about it.

 

[IvanTheTerribrew]

You should be ok. Did you rehydrate your yeast? How many grams of yeast and into how much wort?


- ISM NRP

 

[Pkrd]

If you bought the kit expired ask for you money back.

= free beer.

 

[Puddlethumper]

The expiry date on most things has a little bit of "margin" built into it so you are probably fine. But yeast does loose viability over time so you certainly didn't get the best "bang" for your buck.

Did the beer turn out OK? Only one way to tell and that is to take gravity readings at about 10-14 days, bottle it when it is done, and taste it. If the beer tastes OK and your gravity readings are OK then you are OK. But regardless of the outcome I certainly wouldn't buy any more kits from whoever sold it to you.

Cheers!