Out of date Cider kit

[NicB]

Transfered to Corney this afternoon.
The fresh yeast I bought was rubbish ended up having to add the original yeast to get it going.
Finished fermentation at 20°C 48 hours ago.
Added 60g / 19 litres Canderel to back sweeten to my taste.
Initial tasting very impressed nice Toffee Apple flavour.
Gassing it at 26psi.

 

[dwhite60]

Awesome. Interesting you had to fall back on the original yeast. I've used old dry yeast before without issue. It's certainly more stable than liquid.

 

[NicB]

Yes the recently bought cider yeast wouldn't start.
In a bit of a panic I boiled a cup of water added a teaspoon of sugar.
Waited for it to cool to room temperature sprinkled the old yeast on top.
Then covered it with cling film for about 40 minutes.
When I checked it (not expecting much) the headspace in the cup was full of bubbling goodness.
Poured it straight away into the fermenter and within a hour it kicked off.
Took about a week to finish, then a couple of days later I drained it into a Corny.
I'll get into it proper in the summer.