Wrong Yeast!

[pilgrimhudd]

Hi all,

Can I just ask a little advice, I was going to brew a 'clansmans ale' from James Mortons recipe book, it asks for Edinburgh ale yeast which I bought and was going to brew on Friday. I thought it was a dry yeast packet but it is liquid yeast, now the problem is that I haven't got any DME to make a starter and i'm going to be pushed for time to make up some Wort between now and Friday.

So my question is, could I throw the liquid in, not make a starter and hope, or, I do have a pack of gervin yeast kicking around so should I use that? I've never made it before so I won't notice any difference in taste!

Thanks!

 

[britton]

Just chuck it in, it'll be fine. My experience with liquid yeast is it takes 24hrs to kick off, not sure why.

 

[strange-steve]

Hi all,

Can I just ask a little advice, I was going to brew a 'clansmans ale' from James Mortons recipe book, it asks for Edinburgh ale yeast which I bought and was going to brew on Friday. I thought it was a dry yeast packet but it is liquid yeast, now the problem is that I haven't got any DME to make a starter and i'm going to be pushed for time to make up some Wort between now and Friday.

So my question is, could I throw the liquid in, not make a starter and hope, or, I do have a pack of gervin yeast kicking around so should I use that? I've never made it before so I won't notice any difference in taste!

Thanks!

What's the production date on the yeast?

 

[pilgrimhudd]

Thanks for the replies, nov 18, best by may 19.

 

[Brew Dad]

Thanks for the replies, nov 18, best by may 19.

As britton says, go ahead and pitch it. That's fresh enough that it should be at least 75 Billion cells.

 

[pilgrimhudd]

Ok, thanks well i'll try that then, if I don't see any signs of fermentation after say a day shall I pitch the gervin do you think?

 

[Brew Dad]

I'm pretty sure you are going to be happy with the liquid yeast, and that it is going to get the job done. Give it 48-72 hrs before considering adding anymore yeast.

 

[pilgrimhudd]

Great, thanks a lot!

 

[GerritT]

Agreeing with all above: took some time to start but got to the end quite quickly, reached 1005 when 1012 was expected. Gonna mash a bit hotter next time .

 

[Brew Dad]

Great, thanks a lot!

 

[Covrich]

You will probably get away with it just chucking it in, its not best practice but you should be fine.

You could get a jar of LME from a Holland and barrett and knock something together today if you have time although you may aswell just ditch it in if you're doing it tomorrow

 

[pilgrimhudd]

Thanks to all those who replied, i pitched the yeast at about 21c on the friday afternoon and by saturday morning it was trying to escape out of the fv, i was on nights but the wife said she could hear the bubbling during the night and was too frightened to investigate! Fingers crossed!

 

[pilgrimhudd]

Bottled the Clansmans Ale yesterday, ended up with 6.5l so ended up quite short but I expected that as there was an awful lot of trub picked up as I had trouble with the siphon. Had an FG of 1012 from 1070 so expecting 7.6% abv.