Dry yeast expiration date

[rookie_l_a (Steve Ruch)]

@dmtaylor

Two batches ago I brewed a bitter with Muntons  that had a 11/16 date. It worked fine.

I love Munton’s ale yeast because it’s so damn cheap.  I think my last pack was… wait, I can even look it up… heh… $1.13, including tax!  And made a  great stout that won a gold.  I should use it way more often.  The “drawback” is the terrible attenuation, I got just 56%.  But hey, if the beer tastes good, who cares.  Could always increase the OG and/or do an overnight mash (low & slow = the way to go) to help compensate for the low attenuation.

I got 69% in a bitter: 1.034-1.0105, and 68% in a mild: 1037-1.012.

[Northern_Brewer_1 (Northern_Brewer)]

@BrewBama

That level of AA sounds like some of the old Ron Pattinson recipes. Those English strains get some remarkably low AA.

Bear in mind that a lot of Ron’s attenuations are based on pre-racking gravities, they went down lower in the cask.

Also the malt wouldn’t have been as well converted as modern malt.