WLP075 Hansen Ale

[Nagorg]

Anyone old enough to remember Popeye?

I am what I am!

 

[ba-brewer]

got a second one.

 

[Nagorg]

WOO-HOO! We did it!!! Thanks to everyone that stepped up and helped release this yeast.

 

[Beer-lord]

Thanks for the group effort.
Please, when you brew with this yeast, let everyone know what you brewed and what you think. It would be great is White Labs made this a year around blend. Maybe our discussion will push them in that direction.

 

[Mer-man]

In case WL reads this, I’d have bought some if they propp’d in CPH

 

[smata67]

Got a response from WL with regards to tightness of the yeast cake, not really a clear response, but I did find some older HBT posts stating the sediment is pretty tight. Just don't want a loose slurry like WLP001.

White Labs ([email protected]) <[email protected]>

May 13 at 8:07 PM

Hi,

Thanks for reaching out. The WLP075 is a blend so the components are all going to have different "character" if used for bottle conditioning. I would imagine a yeast cake with some solid consistency would be formed with 075 however. While we cannot give away the different components in the blend, one of them is very flocculent.

Have a good night!

RUSSELL KREINDEL
Customer Service Representative
White Labs
CUSTOMER SERVICE (888) 593-2785
FAX (858) 693-1026

 

[Beer-lord]

I'm betting it's late June or early July before we see the yeast ship. I honestly don't know how long it takes them for the process of growing the yeast to packaging and I will try to be patient but I am concerned about the heat.

 

[smata67]

What shipping method do they usually use? USPS would be dangerous for me, mailbox in full sun and black. I bet its 150F in there.

 

[Beer-lord]

https://www.whitelabs.com/yeast-vault-faqs
9. How will my yeast ship?
The package will ship with cold packs via USPS Priority for a flat-rate of $3 per yeast package in the USA.

 

[Spikybits]

i am not too fearful of this - i will be mothering my vials anyways so i will be over building (even though this may throw the strain ratios off). you can poke around the forums and there are several members that reported their vials showing up - room temp or slightly warmer - and still being viable. as always YMMW

i am assuming mine will show up warm. they will be atleast sitting on my doorstep for several hours before me or the lady is home. This is my first vault shipment so i will try to remember to post up my package temps upon receipt and the starter results.

 

[smata67]

So it may be possible to get notified of the delivery date via the informed delivery program. Never used it, hopefully it is better than the old useless tracking system. These are shipping from CA per the site, I believe, should have a day or two heads up from everyone out west posting the good news of their yeast arriving, as I'm sure will happen.

https://informeddelivery.usps.com/box/pages/intro/start.action

 

[Nagorg]

Its "In Production" now!

 

[Beer-lord]

Hopefully Production will move faster than getting to 250 units sold.

 

[BrewingAroundtheRrealm]

Look what just appeared in my inbox!

 

[Beer-lord]

Just got the email. Sadly, it's 90 degrees here already but I'm not bitchin'. Can't wait for the shipping notice. Hope it doesn't take the "next few weeks" to go out but I'm ready for it.

 

[Nagorg]

Yep...

 

[brewswithshoes]

My credit card got charged today. This is my first time ordering from the vault. I'm assuming it's shipping soon ??!

 

[Beer-lord]

Yep, if they do the same as before, you'll get an email when it ships. Should be soon.

 

[kingmatt]

I ordered a vial...planning on brewing a batch of Lawson's Double Sunshine clone with it.

 

[Beer-lord]

Well, I said if it got down to 2, I'd buy 2 more so 3 were left and I grabbed 2 more for a total of 4 so I left 1 pack. Who wants to be the one to take it down to zero?
Then I have to ask, how long will it take before it's released and shipped? I can't recall how long it took last time but I think it might have been almost 2 months but I hope that's not the case. We should all send an email asking them to feed the yeast some Popeye Spinach to help if grow faster.
(Anyone old enough to remember Popeye?

Somehow, I'm getting 6 though I only ordered 2, twice. They emailed me 3 separate charges of 2 each with different order numbers. I checked my emails and I did only order 4 but it's not a huge deal. Except, now I have to make sure I use all 6 of these ASAP.

 

[Nagorg]

Funny... I got an e-mail saying that my CC expired so they couldn't charge me. I used a virtual card that had a 6 month expiry when I placed the order; on 10/12/2017...

 

[BrewingAroundtheRrealm]

The oldest order I have is for WLP025 Southwold Ale Yeast from 9/29/17. Some times the vault just takes forever...

 

[Nagorg]

Since I had to correspond with them about my CC charge, I managed to get a hint that they expect to actually ship on 06/10...

 

[brewswithshoes]

Since I had to correspond with them about my CC charge, I managed to get a hint that they expect to actually ship on 06/10...

Thanks for info share - glad to hear these will go out on Monday !! Last thing this Florida guy wants is mine sitting in a warehouse over the weekend

 

[Beer-lord]

Thanks for info share - glad to hear these will go out on Monday !! Last thing this Florida guy wants is mine sitting in a warehouse over the weekend

A southern Louisiana guy feels your pain!

 

[Beer-lord]

No word yet as to if these were shipped out today.

 

[Nagorg]

No word yet as to if these were shipped out today.

Nope.. And the website still shows "in production". Guess I jinxed us with fake news..

 

[ba-brewer]

Production most likely mean it is in the production schedule not that they are actually growing the yeast.

 

[Beer-lord]

Just had an online chat session and they are hoping to ship these out next Monday.

 

[Nagorg]

hoping to ship these out next Monday

...Promises, promises... Oh nvm.. HOPING!