I just brewed up a 5 gallon ESB yesterday, which I had bought the yeast for a couple months ago but didn’t have time to brew immediately. The born on date for the pack of WLP 002 was June 10 with a best by date of December 10. Since the yeast was pretty old, I went to a local bottle shop that sells some home brew stuff as well to look for fresher yeast.
There is only 1 pack of English ale yeast at the shop, a Wyeast 1968 with what I read as a born on date of August 3, 2018
I get home and am preparing a starter using the “shaken not stirred” method when I realize the date on the Wyeast is actually August 3, 2016!
So I go ahead and use the old White Labs for the starter, but then I forget to aerate the wort after pitching.
It’s a day later when I realize I didn’t aerate, so I just gave it a good shake for a few minutes since there had been no sign of fermentation.
Does this wort have any chance at fermenting now?
Also, carefully read the dates on your yeast packages[emoji19]
There is only 1 pack of English ale yeast at the shop, a Wyeast 1968 with what I read as a born on date of August 3, 2018
I get home and am preparing a starter using the “shaken not stirred” method when I realize the date on the Wyeast is actually August 3, 2016!
So I go ahead and use the old White Labs for the starter, but then I forget to aerate the wort after pitching.
It’s a day later when I realize I didn’t aerate, so I just gave it a good shake for a few minutes since there had been no sign of fermentation.
Does this wort have any chance at fermenting now?
Also, carefully read the dates on your yeast packages[emoji19]