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Offline BrewBama

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RIP BRY-97
« on: January 12, 2023, 12:28:19 pm »
During the early daze of the pandemic I was having trouble getting what I needed to brew so among other things, I bought a brick of BRY-97.   The exp date was Apr ‘21 so before trying it out on a brewday I decided I’d test a little to gauge viability.

To test bread yeast I can add some sugar and yeast to warm liquid and see the foam develop. So, I figured I’d try the same thing with this expired BRY-97.

I have seen bread yeast develop foam within 5-10 minutes. I am going on an hour and a half and see zero action with this BRY-97.  

I know BRY-97 is known as a slow starter so I am going to leave it out and see how long it takes. Of course, wild yeast or other beasties might give me a false positive in a day or so. To try to provide a control I set a sugar water only sample to see which (if either) foam and when.

Place your bets….
« Last Edit: January 12, 2023, 12:37:25 pm by BrewBama »

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Re: RIP BRY-97
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2023, 01:02:09 pm »
It is slow in my experience.

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Re: RIP BRY-97
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2023, 01:14:09 pm »
My bet would be it's still good.
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Re: RIP BRY-97
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2023, 01:26:56 pm »
Whew.....

I thought this was something about Lallemand discontinuing BRY! 

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Re: RIP BRY-97
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2023, 01:47:22 pm »
Whew.....

I thought this was something about Lallemand discontinuing BRY!

I had the same impression from the title.
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Re: RIP BRY-97
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2023, 02:46:33 pm »
Whew.....

I thought this was something about Lallemand discontinuing BRY!

I had the same impression from the title.
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RIP BRY-97
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2023, 03:10:52 pm »
Sorry… just my remnant of a brick. Mods feel free to chg the title if warranted.

3+ hrs:  nada.

1+ days: can’t say it’s nothing but I can say it’s weak. I have a bit of foam slightly larger than a half dollar. Nothing to commit to a brew. Most of it was just laying on the bottom. Time for new yeast.
« Last Edit: January 14, 2023, 08:57:42 am by BrewBama »