Blueflint
Well-Known Member
I do all my brewing from November thru March as I do not have time in the warmer months to do any... I have a small farm that takes all my attention at that time. I usually have a few smack packs of yeast in the fridge at all times, kept in the lowest drawer (coldest). I have a couple packs I bought last winter/spring that did not get used. One pack is 1318 London Ale III. I know these are old. I pulled them out to look at them and noticed the 1318 is slightly swollen. I thought "what the heck, nothing lost at this point since they are old", I went to "pop" the inner bag and when a little force was put on it, I felt is squirt real easy instead of the normal heavy effort needed. Now I am thinking it had a slight seep/leak already. Now the inner pack is totally empty and I have this on the counter to see what happens. I feel this will slowly build up a good population, slower than normal but still be a good pack. Any thoughts on this slightly swollen but refrigerated pack?
Tony
Tony