Shipment (4 yeasts) didn't arrive until late on Friday, as Thursday was a holiday and the post office had to deliver twice as much on Friday given the holiday. The temps of the icepacks were ~85F. Shipping during a week with a holiday isn't smart.wlp009 is one I wanted to try, I am hoping the same thing.
Received my Southwold Ale this morning. It's a long way from San Diego to NY and the yeast tube was at a balmy 87F. Did a yeast count and the viability was 93%. So not too terrible, all considering. That said, I'd still make plans to use these yeasts soon then later.
Has anyone else who ordered WLP025 received their yeast?
How about WLP026?
Will these strains be available through home brew shops?
Will these strains be available through home brew shops?
Well it is coming from California where they also have 'gas taxes', 'excise taxes' and then 'sales taxes' all on fuel but never fix the roads so you end up spending more money repairing your vehicles and the prices of everything else that is shipped cost more to cover these higher fuel related taxes. Shipping yeast in the summer just means you'll need to buy more yeast to replace the yeast that gets cooked.I got an email stating it was shipping today, of course there is no information on tracking. What the hell are they thinking pushing all the Vault orders in the summer?
I think that if the yeast is not viable when I get it I’ll want my money back/make a PO claim.Well it is coming from California where they also have 'gas taxes', 'excise taxes' and then 'sales taxes' all on fuel but never fix the roads so you end up spending more money repairing your vehicles and the prices of everything else that is shipped cost more to cover these higher fuel related taxes. Shipping yeast in the summer just means you'll need to buy more yeast to replace the yeast that gets cooked.
Chris White emailed me on 12 July, but USPS tracking only shows that shipping labels were printed. Not that anything has been shipped.
This morning got a separate note that Opshaug has been released from the vault, and my past experience is I'll get this about 3 weeks later.
Anyone have an Opshaug recipe?
What's up with that BS? Chris White is ghosting me or something. Bastard never writes anymore...
It is worth noting that most ale yeasts can ferment maltose up to 37C (98F) and that is one test used to distinguish ale v. lager; they tend to start to die off at 120F and are completely killed by 140F.
That said, viability at elevated temps is short and is dependent on glycogen reserves. Boulton shows most stored yeast depleting their glycogen reserves by day 8 when stored at >68F and viability starts to drop significantly after that. Even though I got high viability in the vials, given the duration and temp of shipping, I'd imagine the yeast are pretty starved. I would not store hot-shipped vials for long after you receive them.
How long do you think would be a safe amount of time to store the vials before making a starter?
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