DRIED YEAST PRICE HIKE!

[periolus]

I just went to my Homebrew shop to stock up on some dried yeasts, as trying to save money now and can't afford as much liquid yeast.

TO MY HORROR :shock: - Nottingham, Safale-S04 and Windsor have all been put up from £1.79 to £3.59! Apparently the suppliers have doubled prices suddenly in recent weeks! Anyone else noticed this yet? What the hell would cause this?

 

[Aleman]

Nottingham and Windsor have change packaging to vacuum packed.

S04 . . . No idea . . . but suddenly the cost of Whitelabs / Wyeast / Brewlabs yeast does not seem so bad.

 

[periolus]

Liquid yeast does indeed seem much more reasonable. Whatever I brew with, I will be going a good 3 generations with it in future!

I have 6 packs of dried yeast now, which I will do at least 2 brews each with. The idea is that at the end of those brews I want my first batch (or two) of AG brew to have conditioned and be ready to drink. Which means I need to get on with the build! That's the timeframe now.

Come xmas, I will have the cash to get the rest of the brewery and start building. Launch day is being pushed back to March 1st.

 

[guyb]

Nottingham and Windsor have change packaging to vacuum packed.

S04 . . . No idea . . . but suddenly the cost of Whitelabs / Wyeast / Brewlabs yeast does not seem so bad.

:thumb:

Brewlabs yeast is only £4 delivered - they will even make it up as a viable starter for you (they offered to do this at no extra cost for me) http://www.brewlab.co.uk/analysisandresearch.asp (half way down the page).

I have just used Brewlabs TVII (it went like a flippin rocket and it's still going 14days later), and plan to re-use this yeast at least a few times - is there a general view (or perhaps even an Aleman view :grin: ) on how many times you could / should re-use a yeast before it loses it's properties?

I will of course look in the rest of the forum :grin:

 

[periolus]

As far as I understand, there is a limit of 4 generations before it starts to get iffy,

BREW 1: Pitch into Keg
BREW 2: Pour new wort onto yeast cake from Brew 1
BREW 3: Clean yeast from Brew 2 to remove dead ones and split into two starters
BREW 4: Same again - clean and split into two starters

So that's actually 6 brews from 1 original source as far as I understand it. I maybe wrong though!

 

[BigYin]

Yep, Nottingham yeast went from £2 a pack, to £2.40, and suddenly £3.40 :shock:

Edina Homebrew in Edinburgh stopped stocking it, telling the supplier no-one would want it at that price, but due to continuing demand they are stocking it again.

I HOPE that as the higher cost of packing is gradually recouped, competition may start to push the prices back down, but that may be a slim hope.....

 

[Dronfieldbrewer]

Notty is still £1.99 at worcester hopshop

 

[dennisking]

Brewlabs, as stated £4 delivered, make up starter as directed, step up to 100gms of malt extract in a litre of water and split 6 ways. Cost .66p and price of spraymalt for top quality yeast.

 

[markp]

Brewlabs, as stated £4 delivered, make up starter as directed, step up to 100gms of malt extract in a litre of water and split 6 ways. Cost .66p and price of spraymalt for top quality yeast.

Spot on is that Dennis :thumb:
I also make starters with WhiteLabs vials and then split these in to 3 or 4.

 

[Cyclops]

£1.80 here

http://www.murphyhomebrew.com/shop/arti ... aid%3D1%26

 

[screamlead]

I think there may be a few sachets at cheaper prices at the mo' but possibly it will go out of date soon so no good me stocking up with it. Think i may switch to the brewlabs stuff or other liquid ones and split them to suit. :

 

[Cyclops]

the stuff from murphys as i linked above is the new packaged stuff

 

[Vossy1]

I hope they're bucking the trend, it would be nice and give me some faith :pray:

 

[BigYin]

I've ordered 10 packs from them - will keep them in the freezer as I have done with all my other dried yeasts, and that's me sticked up on yeast for a good while :