Old Yeast/Old Extract Starter

Ingredients
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I have a 3 year old container of Briess Pilsen LME and 3 pkg’s of WLP002 with a best by date of Jun. 01 19 and a MFG date of Dec.3 18. This is more for shits and giggles. The LME smelled ok but was dark and tastes like prunes. Brought it to a boil and it gave up some, what appears to be hot break. I will make a starter at 1.035 OG and see what happens.

So, a question

  1. Will the LME starter negatively affect the yeasts influence on a future wort? I would think not but I am not certain.
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Don’t think so

3

Well Im going to find out, just pitched the yeast into the nasty a$$ starter wort and I’ll report back in a few days!! 7 come 11

4

Don’t think so either.  Make sure you decant!