Good afternoon brewers. I'm posting this in beginners cuz its a rookie move on my part. Bought several batches about a year ago. Never got around to it. Are any of the ingredients worth brewing with?
Thx HBT
Thx HBT
old stuff
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WyomingBrewer
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First my disclaimer.....Im a newb, dont listen to me. Having said that, I just got a bunch of stuff free thats about 5 years old (thats a guess) and I made the beer yesterday. This morning there was lots of activity in there and the yeast was dated to expire in '06. I bet its fine but im sure there will be disagreements with me.
By "old stuff", what exactly do you mean? LME, DME, grains, liquid yeast, dry yeast, weasels, hop pellets, hop plugs, candi sugar?
In part the answer will depend on how they were stored.
In part the answer will depend on how they were stored.
wyzazz
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They probably won't be the best beers in the world, but if it were me I'd brew with them anyway. Hell, if you don't want to invest the time I'll pay for you to ship them to me! Nothing ventured, nothing gained...
Dry yeast should still be plenty viable, crushed grains may be a little stale, hops may be a little stale as well, if the kits contained LME you may not have the freshest stuff in the world but it'll still make beer!
Dry yeast should still be plenty viable, crushed grains may be a little stale, hops may be a little stale as well, if the kits contained LME you may not have the freshest stuff in the world but it'll still make beer!
joey11bball
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You may have lost Alpha Acids in the hops being stored for that long so your beer may end up a little more sweet then intended in the recipe. And hopeful the kit comes with dry extract because I believe that stores much much better then liquid extract. So the beer may not end up great but should still be drinkable if you arent too picky.
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denverd1
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So the recipes are both from Austin Homebrew Supply. A Double Chocolate Stout and a Miami Weiss.
Looks like I upgraded to liquid yeast. should I just go with a pack of dry yeast to make sure it ferments properly? or supplement the yeast at all?
Yeast: White Labs London Ale for the stout. White Labs Amer Hef Ale for the weiss. I did buy yeast fuel for both kits...
Looks like I upgraded to liquid yeast. should I just go with a pack of dry yeast to make sure it ferments properly? or supplement the yeast at all?
Yeast: White Labs London Ale for the stout. White Labs Amer Hef Ale for the weiss. I did buy yeast fuel for both kits...
wyzazz
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I'd say the yeast is a gonner, pick up a couple sachets of US-05 or Nottingham and you should be good to go!
If you aren't in a hurry, why not create a starter with the yeast you have, one for each variety. If they don't start, go get a new yeast packet. You should know by tomorrow if the yeast is viable. Any doubt, throw it out.
