Man.. Am I narked off!

[glynb]

So, I done a plain ol' pale ale on saturday in the grainy. At the brewshop I asked for English Ale WLP005 but they was out of stock (As were most of the leaf hops I needed, ended up with pellets and a different variety). I thought about getting dried yeast but the guy said I have a liquid burton ale WLP023 that's just gone out of date (15.10.15) and he asured me it'd be all ok and hunky dorey. So, I bought it at a slightly reduced price as I thought Burton would make a nice fruity pale and if the guy says it'd be ok, he's the expert, it'd be ok!

Pitched it Saturday afternoon at 20c. Sunday evening, nothing.. checked temprature, 20c.

Just come home from work and checked... Still nothing! Water levels still equal in the airlock, temp still 20c.

Hope it'll be ok if I buy some more from somewhere else that's in date!

 

[MyQul]

So, I done a plain ol' pale ale on saturday in the grainy. At the brewshop I asked for English Ale WLP005 but they was out of stock (As were most of the leaf hops I needed, ended up with pellets and a different variety). I thought about getting dried yeast but the guy said I have a liquid burton ale WLP023 that's just gone out of date (15.10.15) and he asured me it'd be all ok and hunky dorey. So, I bought it at a slightly reduced price as I thought Burton would make a nice fruity pale and if the guy says it'd be ok, he's the expert, it'd be ok!

Pitched it Saturday afternoon at 20c. Sunday evening, nothing.. checked temprature, 20c.

Just come home from work and checked... Still nothing! Water levels still equal in the airlock, temp still 20c.

Hope it'll be ok if I buy some more from somewhere else that's in date!

Did you make a starter? If you didn't you really should of if the vial was out of date

 

[rodabod]

You may find yourself in a similar situation to me and my slightly aged Wyeast. Keep it at 20c, and pitch something else if you don't see any activity after 72hrs.

 

[glynb]

I didn't do a starter MyQul (stupidly ) I should have!

Got another on order rod.

 

[ManseMasher]

I didn't do a starter MyQul (stupidly ) I should have!

Got another on order rod.

Any movement?

 

[glynb]

oooo, plenty Manse :) going like a steam train!

I pitched another vile straight in and it's not stopped! :)

 

[MyQul]

Are you getting any eggy/farty/sulphur smells? When I bottled cultured up the yeast from a bottle of Brakspear triple (which may or may not be the same strain as WLP023) it stunk the flat out for 3 days

 

[ManseMasher]

That was your excuse, and you're sticking to it.....

 

[glynb]

No pongs from this MyQul. Seems to be going fine. Temp is at a steady 20c. I'm just wondering about dry hopping it. It seems to be that everyone says after about four days but for some reason my brews take between two to three weeks (one even longer!) for them to stop bubbling. So if I dry hop at 4 days I don't want any leaf or pellet in there for two or three weeks!