ECY on love2brew.com right now!

[Gus_13]

I know UPS is supposed to be the "best" option.... But it's going to take 8 days to get to me now. Luckily it's saison and Brett yeast I ordered this time. Last time I did USPS it was to me in 3 days I believe. I know the holiday put some delay on it but I was thinking it would get here today.

I've also never had anything bad happen from a leaky vial. And I like the new vials they come in with the blue cap better.

 

[IslandLizard]

I know UPS is supposed to be the "best" option.... But it's going to take 8 days to get to me now. Luckily it's saison and Brett yeast I ordered this time. Last time I did USPS it was to me in 3 days I believe. I know the holiday put some delay on it but I was thinking it would get here today.

I've also never had anything bad happen from a leaky vial. And I like the new vials they come in with the blue cap better.

Whatever is best for the yeast is best for you. I think @Biobrewer made valid points about the importance on how it travels, and I'm totally on board with that.

If you received shipping confirmation of your last order, and a tracking number, you should know where it is. That may not be the case for everyone...

... 4 days after placing my order I inquired with L2B. The order status on their website had remained "processing." I had received an order confirmation but never one for actual shipment. Upon my inquiry I received 2 emails from them explaining the situation, the first was personally addressed, followed by this one, which looks like it was sent to all those involved:

Hi,

We are contacting you to inform you that there was an error with our system on the receipt of the ECY Dirty Dozen. We are waiting on the remainder of our shipment to arrive this week to fulfill your order. Because we won’t be shipping on Christmas Eve and Christmas, it is most likely your order will not ship until early next week to avoid it sitting in a warehouse over the holiday. We apologize for the inconvenience.

I don't expect to receive anything until next week. I had selected USPS 2-day priority of course.

 

[MarshmallowBlue]

my last vial of ECY20 was leaky (last years batch), and I had no issues with either of the 2 batches it went in.

 

[KindofBlues71]

Bug County, Dirty Dozen and Farmhouse available at L2B NOW!

 

[user 204491]

Bug County, Dirty Dozen and Farmhouse available at L2B NOW!

Thanks! Just got one of each!!

 

[DarkStarNJ]

Snagged one. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[505-Brewer]

Got some as well. Thank you.

 

[Wes440]

Thanks for posting! I was actually about to go pull up L2B but got onto another task, glad you got there first! Got my spring cultures!

 

[jake-k]

Missed out, again, was going to do three batches, same wort different blends. I got my roselare, and Melange, but can't seem to time buying bug country....hmmm

 

[Gentlemans_Ale]

It was all gone in just a few hours

 

[jake-k]

You would think they would figure it out and mainstream some production. But then I suppose they couldn't charge $11.........

 

[sweetcell]

You would think they would figure it out and mainstream some production.

the man behind ECY, Al Buck, doesn't want to go mainstream. he has a day job he likes, ECY is a hobby. there is a lot of work and risk involved in launching large-scale commercial venture.

luckily there are many other options if ECY doesn't work for you.

 

[joshrosborne]

You would think they would figure it out and mainstream some production. But then I suppose they couldn't charge $11.........

I'd gladly pay $11 for a blend of high quality. This breaks down to $.22 a beer for a five gallon batch and obviously less if you reuse the cake after the first back. The difference in price between using this versus an obviously inferior Wyeast Lambic Blend is less that a dime per bottle.

 

[Gentlemans_Ale]

I once traded a bottle of Lovechild #4 for some Bug County Yeast Cake...if that says anything about quality

 

[jake-k]

I'd gladly pay $11 for a blend of high quality. This breaks down to $.22 a beer for a five gallon batch and obviously less if you reuse the cake after the first back. The difference in price between using this versus an obviously inferior Wyeast Lambic Blend is less that a dime per bottle.

I would gladly pay it also, I'm just complaining about its availability. It would be nice to actually purchase some. This two hour window every third week is a little crazy...

 

[mitchard]

I'm convinced that I am never going to get my hands on Bug County or Bug Farm. Just never works out.

 

[505-Brewer]

Anyone have hop tolerance info on 2015/2016 ECY20 (or any year for that matter). Have searched but not found much. Seems like 10 ibus and low 3.x pH is possible. Im trying to avoid having to blend back to correct for too low a pH and just having a non sour brett mess. I already have too many pH 3.1 beers to work with.

 

[505-Brewer]

Its only $11 each if you buy enough for free shipping. Given how little they offer and how fast it goes i ended up paying ~$52 (UPS shipping, ice packs etc). for three vials just to make sure I didnt miss out while loading my cart. No complaints here but I havent got it yet. Prob gonna use it for a club brew project.

Jake-k where r you located?

 

[jake-k]

Its only $11 each if you buy enough for free shipping. Given how little they offer and how fast it goes i ended up paying ~$52 (UPS shipping, ice packs etc). for three vials just to make sure I didnt miss out while loading my cart. No complaints here but I havent got it yet. Prob gonna use it for a club brew project.

Jake-k where r you located?

I live in rural Montana.

 

[KindofBlues71]

...it's baa-aaack...

 

[finsfan]

Why must they tempt me

 

[KindofBlues71]

For those of you who got Bug County earlier this month, what is the propagation date on the vial? The description for it on Love2Brew says it changes every calendar year but hasn't been updated since 2014. I'm wondering what's different with 2015 or 2016.

 

[user 204491]

Boom! Thanks! I grabbed Bug County, Dirty Dozen, Flemish Ale, and Saison Brasserie Blend!

 

[BGBC]

For those of you who got Bug County earlier this month, what is the propagation date on the vial? The description for it on Love2Brew says it changes every calendar year but hasn't been updated since 2014. I'm wondering what's different with 2015 or 2016.

FWIW, the description on the ECY website is different:
ECY20 BugCounty : SEASONAL (OCT-DEC). With over 20 different isolates combined for fermentation to overwhelm the senses, this blend is the mother-bugger for wild ales. Like the BugFarm, Brettanomyces dominants the overall population, however, other wild yeast seen in spontaneous fermentations are also included (such as Pichia and Kloeckera ). Several strains of Saccharomyces, Lactobacillus and Pediococcus round out this large and complex culture.

I have a vial from 9/19/15, but there's not much info on the vial itself.

 

[mitchard]

...it's baa-aaack...

...and it's gaaaa-onnnnn.

:\ Missed it AGAIN!

 

[secondbase]

For the people who keep missing this, the updates seem to almost always happen between 10-11am Eastern time.

 

[tagz]

How is the saison blend?

 

[KindofBlues71]

...and it's gaaaa-onnnnn.

:\ Missed it AGAIN!

Sorry man, that sucks! I always seemed to miss out the first year I started trying to get some. I finally was able to get a bunch of ECY strains over the past year and I'll keep posting here whenever I hear it's in stock at L2B. Don't give up!

 

[mitchard]

I sent them an email asking if there is a "notify me when this is back in stock" option, because i'm not seeing one on the site. Or i'm just blind haha.

 

[TAK]

Man, it went quickly this time.

I've used the Saison Brasserie Blend, it's nice, but I wasn't overly impressed with it. I didn't get much of the phenolics that I like in a saison, but it ferments strongly.