Essex Yeast meets Yorkshire Bitter

[bobsbeer]

Dennis rather kindly brought me some Essex yeast to the Spring Thing. Well it's been in the fridge since then until tonight. So I brought it up to room temp and prepared a dilute solution of converted sugar and added the yeast. I was a bit sceptical it would have survived sitting around this long, being fresh yeast, as work got in the way of brewing. Well I have to say I am delighted. IT IS STILL ALIVE. It nearly blew my head off opening the vial. :lol: And has started to come back to life by fermenting the sugar. THANKS DENNIS. :thumb: It's going into a Yorkshire Bitter to be brewed on Saturday if I can keep it alive till then.

 

[dennisking]

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[Darcey]

Yeast is a lovely thing. I had some from work in a plastic bottle 3 days later it was rock hard and it ruined my tshirt come brewday!

D :thumb:

 

[zgoda]

Well, 2 wks ago I left some Essex yeast in fridge, just in case. Planned to dump it before leaving for holidays, as they would be 8 wks old when I return, but if they are that strong... I may well try to use it for my 1st brew in late July.