East Coast Yeast

 1/7/2014
East coast yeast is a yeast supplier just like White Labs or Wyeast but run on a much smaller scale.  To my knowledge it is only sold from 2 only retailers Princeton Homebrew and love2brew.com.  It is always sold out and you have to join a mailing list if you want any chance to grab some when it become available.  ECY produces both brett/bacteria and ale/lager yeast.  From reading blogs and fourms ECY produces a superior product and gets really high praises.

 I just received a vial of there ECY20 Bugcounty and there ECY05 Brett brux.  I was worried about the 8 day transit time because or the freezing weather and my worries were justified.  When I opened the box I found that the yeast was half frozen.  It wasn't frozen solid but did have ice chunks like a 7/11 slurpy.  This is by no means the retailer fault, its just the price you pay when you order liquid yeast over the internet in the middle of winter.   I'm pretty sure that there are some viable yeast in both of the vials.  With the Brett Brux I will do a larger starter before pitching into a 100% brett pale ale, but the ECY bugcounty is meant to be pitched straight into a 5gl batch. My plan is to brew a 10gl batch of an Old Bruin, and do 5gl with ECY20 and the other half with some ECY02 flemish ale That I traded for with a guy over the internet. I will have a backup plan if there is no activity with the ECY20. I've used ecy20 before and it was a vigorous fermentation within 12 hours so i know what to expect.  I don't have a brew day planned, but as soon as possible I'll be brewing up my first Old Bruin very soon!