[BrewBama]

As an amateur bread baker and pizza hack, I keep bulk instant and active dry yeast in jars in the fridge. I see most moonshiners buy bulk dry yeast and pitch from a jar. After seeing my go to online brewing yeast supplier begin to runout of my desired product, I am considering why those of us who use dry yeast don’t buy in a 500 gram bulk pouch and measure out the 20-21 grams required?  If kept sealed (or re-sealed) under vacuum and stored under appropriate conditions, dry yeast can be used until the indicated expiration date, which is typically 2-3 years after manufacture.

Does anyone do this?


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[denny]

As an amateur bread baker and pizza hack, I keep bulk instant and active dry yeast in jars in the fridge. I see most moonshiners buy bulk dry yeast and pitch from a jar. After seeing my go to online brewing yeast supplier begin to runout of my desired product, I am considering why those of us who use dry yeast don’t buy in a 500 gram bulk pouch and measure out the 20-21 grams required?  If kept sealed (or re-sealed) under vacuum and stored under appropriate conditions, dry yeast can be used until the indicated expiration date, which is typically 2-3 years after manufacture.

Does anyone do this?


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When S189 was introduced it was onkky available in 500g bricks.  A group of us bought one and one guy divided it into 11g units and vac sealed them.  None of us had any problems, so it appeared to work fine.

[Visor]

   No more often than I use fresh yeast a 500g brick of anything would last well into the next millennium, that might be just a bit beyond a reasonable shelf life for any yeast . That being said, I have used yeast that was more than 20 years old for baking and had good results.

[reverseapachemaster]

I bought a 500g bag of dry baking yeast about a year and a half ago because it seemed economical but looking at how small of a dent I have made so far I would have a hard time justifying buying that much of a single brewing strain.