Hello,
I've had some washed yeast in my fridge for around half a year. Two different strains. Thou I'm not 100% sure, but I remember that one should be Nottingham. The other is a mystery to my memory.
The "Notti" bottle, when opened, had a lot of carbonation and smelled kinda funny, so trying to be careful, I've opted to not use them and dumped them.
The other one, on the other hand, seemed cleaner in the bottle, when opened gave out less carb and had a "dried peas" smell to them.
Now is it normal for the yeast to have dried peas smell? I've made a starter out of them for the Friday brewing, but can be considering to just go to the shop and buy a new pack of yeast, to avoid any kind of contamination from the old yeast, if I'd get such advice here.
for the info, I'm goind to brew a simple SMASH.
Thanks for any thoughts.
I've had some washed yeast in my fridge for around half a year. Two different strains. Thou I'm not 100% sure, but I remember that one should be Nottingham. The other is a mystery to my memory.
The "Notti" bottle, when opened, had a lot of carbonation and smelled kinda funny, so trying to be careful, I've opted to not use them and dumped them.
The other one, on the other hand, seemed cleaner in the bottle, when opened gave out less carb and had a "dried peas" smell to them.
Now is it normal for the yeast to have dried peas smell? I've made a starter out of them for the Friday brewing, but can be considering to just go to the shop and buy a new pack of yeast, to avoid any kind of contamination from the old yeast, if I'd get such advice here.
for the info, I'm goind to brew a simple SMASH.
Thanks for any thoughts.