I'm a avid homebrewer located north of Stockholm, Sweden.
This summer I'm taking a trip through Europe and will be coming to Bamberg sometime in the middle of August.
I'm planning on documenting this part of my trip for a piece I'm writing for the homebrew oriented paper Hembryggaren.
Is...
I guess there's a reason you grew the yeast from a bottle but I would suggest using weihenstephan 3068 from wyeast which is probably the same yeast strain you got from your bottle, and if not it will still make a great weissbier. Make a starter (depending on you SG) and repitch. Even though the...
As you said, there must have been some kind of manufacturing defect. I've been abusing these packs for quite some time now and nothing like this have happened.
Hope nb will give you a new pack. good luck brewing.