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Date: 24 Sep 2006 16:42:36
From: Ed Edelenbos
Subject: Old yeast
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While cleaning out my beer fridge, I found an old Wyeast 2112 California
Lager smack pack. At first I was just gonna chuck it out... then I
figured, what the heck, the worst that could happen is that I do so in a
week. I smacked it last week. As of yesterday it was only about 3/8".
This morning, it was fully bloated. It is in a good starter now. It'll be
a while 'til I can use it but obviously it'll last.
Ed
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Date: 25 Sep 2006 13:48:18
From: Josh Button
Subject: Re: Old yeast
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"Ed Edelenbos" <eded@spookeasy.net > wrote in message
news:haKdnQ9L8rsgcIvYnZ2dnUVZ_vqdnZ2d@speakeasy.net...
> While cleaning out my beer fridge, I found an old Wyeast 2112 California
> Lager smack pack. At first I was just gonna chuck it out... then I
> figured, what the heck, the worst that could happen is that I do so in a
> week. I smacked it last week. As of yesterday it was only about 3/8".
> This morning, it was fully bloated. It is in a good starter now. It'll
> be a while 'til I can use it but obviously it'll last.
>
I've got an old Safale K-97 bottle of yeast that I split from a starter
possibly 4 years ago. I might have to give it a chance after reading your
post. There's no visible signs of infection, which would surely be evident
by now.
--
Josh Button
Carn the Eels!
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Date: 24 Sep 2006 23:08:00
From: dan
Subject: Re: Old yeast
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Ed Edelenbos wrote:
> While cleaning out my beer fridge, I found an old Wyeast 2112 California
> Lager smack pack. At first I was just gonna chuck it out... then I
> figured, what the heck, the worst that could happen is that I do so in a
> week. I smacked it last week. As of yesterday it was only about 3/8".
> This morning, it was fully bloated. It is in a good starter now. It'll be
> a while 'til I can use it but obviously it'll last.
>
> Ed
>
>
Speaking of old yeast, today I decided to use some refrigerated
Safale-04 dry yeast with a printed expiration of 7/03. I pitched it and
it was bubbling within 2 hours. Happy me! I used the other pack too.
Experiment successfully completed.
dan
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Date: 24 Sep 2006 19:31:51
From: Ed Edelenbos
Subject: Re: Old yeast
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"dan" <dan@nospam.net > wrote in message
news:kdERg.1299$5i7.1034@newsreading01.news.tds.net...
> Ed Edelenbos wrote:
>> While cleaning out my beer fridge, I found an old Wyeast 2112 California
>> Lager smack pack. At first I was just gonna chuck it out... then I
>> figured, what the heck, the worst that could happen is that I do so in a
>> week. I smacked it last week. As of yesterday it was only about 3/8".
>> This morning, it was fully bloated. It is in a good starter now. It'll
>> be a while 'til I can use it but obviously it'll last.
>>
>> Ed
> Speaking of old yeast, today I decided to use some refrigerated Safale-04
> dry yeast with a printed expiration of 7/03. I pitched it and it was
> bubbling within 2 hours. Happy me! I used the other pack too.
>
> Experiment successfully completed.
>
> dan
I knew I forgot to include something there... the mfr. date on the 2112
smack pack was 23-mar-05
Ed
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Date: 24 Sep 2006 19:03:25
From: The Artist Formerly Known as Kap'n Salty
Subject: Re: Old yeast
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Ed Edelenbos wrote:
> "dan" <dan@nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:kdERg.1299$5i7.1034@newsreading01.news.tds.net...
>> Ed Edelenbos wrote:
>>> While cleaning out my beer fridge, I found an old Wyeast 2112 California
>>> Lager smack pack. At first I was just gonna chuck it out... then I
>>> figured, what the heck, the worst that could happen is that I do so in a
>>> week. I smacked it last week. As of yesterday it was only about 3/8".
>>> This morning, it was fully bloated. It is in a good starter now. It'll
>>> be a while 'til I can use it but obviously it'll last.
>>>
>>> Ed
>> Speaking of old yeast, today I decided to use some refrigerated Safale-04
>> dry yeast with a printed expiration of 7/03. I pitched it and it was
>> bubbling within 2 hours. Happy me! I used the other pack too.
>>
>> Experiment successfully completed.
>>
>> dan
>
> I knew I forgot to include something there... the mfr. date on the 2112
> smack pack was 23-mar-05
>
Yeah -- that's not really that old for a smack pack. One of the major
advantages of smack packs over tubes (at least in my experience) *does*
seem to be their longevity.
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Date: 25 Sep 2006 10:26:35
From: Denny Conn
Subject: Re: Old yeast
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Ed Edelenbos wrote:
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> While cleaning out my beer fridge, I found an old Wyeast 2112 California
> Lager smack pack. At first I was just gonna chuck it out... then I
> figured, what the heck, the worst that could happen is that I do so in a
> week. I smacked it last week. As of yesterday it was only about 3/8".
> This morning, it was fully bloated. It is in a good starter now. It'll be
> a while 'til I can use it but obviously it'll last.
I just got done kegging a Belgian strong golden made with a 3 1/2 year
old tube of WY1338. Made a starter with it and it took the beer from
1.083 to 1.006.
--------- >Denny
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Life begins at 60...1.060, that is.
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