caleb
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Hello everyone.
I've just used a Wyeast liquid yeast for the first time - "3725 Bier de Garde" - and I'm a bit worried that it is dead, so I'm hoping to hear from the voice of experience (i.e. all you AHB members )
I recently ordered this from Craftbrewer. However, thanks to Fastway Couriers, my parcel spent a week in their Sydney office before they bothered to deliver it to me...
The 3725 was actually slightly swollen when I received it, compared to the others, which were totally flat. I broke the inner pouch and left it for 3 or 4 hours. I thought it swelled a LITTLE bit more after that, but not much. I thought "OK, this is all its going to do" and pitched it into a 26 deg wort last night around 7pm.
I found that I had only broken ONE of the inner pouches, not two, and maybe that would account for limited swelling. However, from what I've read, these things should puff up like a balloon, not just become slightly thicker...
As of now, 2:30pm next day, there is absolutely NO sign of fermentation. Not even a little froth. Only time I've ever had such a slow start before was one of those silly Cascade yeasts, which took two days to start, and resulted in a horrible infected batch...
So, anyone had any experience with the 3725? Is it a slow starter? Or has "Fastway" let my yeast die. Was the fact the pack was a little swollen to begin with significant? Should I wait, or pitch in the dry Belgian T-58 I have instead?
I've just used a Wyeast liquid yeast for the first time - "3725 Bier de Garde" - and I'm a bit worried that it is dead, so I'm hoping to hear from the voice of experience (i.e. all you AHB members )
I recently ordered this from Craftbrewer. However, thanks to Fastway Couriers, my parcel spent a week in their Sydney office before they bothered to deliver it to me...
The 3725 was actually slightly swollen when I received it, compared to the others, which were totally flat. I broke the inner pouch and left it for 3 or 4 hours. I thought it swelled a LITTLE bit more after that, but not much. I thought "OK, this is all its going to do" and pitched it into a 26 deg wort last night around 7pm.
I found that I had only broken ONE of the inner pouches, not two, and maybe that would account for limited swelling. However, from what I've read, these things should puff up like a balloon, not just become slightly thicker...
As of now, 2:30pm next day, there is absolutely NO sign of fermentation. Not even a little froth. Only time I've ever had such a slow start before was one of those silly Cascade yeasts, which took two days to start, and resulted in a horrible infected batch...
So, anyone had any experience with the 3725? Is it a slow starter? Or has "Fastway" let my yeast die. Was the fact the pack was a little swollen to begin with significant? Should I wait, or pitch in the dry Belgian T-58 I have instead?