Sockmonkey
Well-Known Member
I ordered some recipes a couple weeks ago from Brewmaster's Warehouse; plan was to brew an Oktoberfest this Friday.
When I pulled the yeast pack out, I see the mfg date is 10/20/2009. I emailed BMW with my concern and they simply said that Wyeast guarantees the packs for 6 months from manufacture (4/20/2010).
Well, if I plug a "fresh" pack into Mr Malty, it says I need 1 pack and a 6L starter. It tells me that the viability of my pack from 10/20/2009 is 10% and that I would need 8 of those packs and a 6.25L starter. Additionally, I smacked the pack almost 24 hours ago and I still don't have any swelling.
My LHBS doesn't have any Oktoberfest, and I have to brew something on Friday. So, what should I do? Try to make as big of a starter out this questionable pack as possible and brew the Oktoberfest, brew my other recipe (which is also a high-gravity lager and will require a large starter), or say screw it and waste my day off?
When I pulled the yeast pack out, I see the mfg date is 10/20/2009. I emailed BMW with my concern and they simply said that Wyeast guarantees the packs for 6 months from manufacture (4/20/2010).
Well, if I plug a "fresh" pack into Mr Malty, it says I need 1 pack and a 6L starter. It tells me that the viability of my pack from 10/20/2009 is 10% and that I would need 8 of those packs and a 6.25L starter. Additionally, I smacked the pack almost 24 hours ago and I still don't have any swelling.
My LHBS doesn't have any Oktoberfest, and I have to brew something on Friday. So, what should I do? Try to make as big of a starter out this questionable pack as possible and brew the Oktoberfest, brew my other recipe (which is also a high-gravity lager and will require a large starter), or say screw it and waste my day off?